Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Ben Lake has outdone himself with this incredible 3D rendering of a Bob Sprague multi-level passenger-themed design! In this virtual tour, you’ll see the ins, outs, ups, downs, and all-arounds of his Toronto Terminal, a 10 x 25-foot scheme. Then, be sure […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This June edition of Ask MRVP is packed full of answers to your model railroad-related questions! Host David Popp addresses MR Video Plus subscriber inquires regarding freight car modeling, painting and weathering, working with scale drawings, layout wiring, realistic railroad operation, and so […]
From the PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll enjoy a visit to an expansive German garden railway modeling the steep grades of various railroads in the Swiss Alps. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Seth Gartner’s HO scale Piney Fork Branch models a New York Central branch line in eastern Ohio in the 1960s. The multilevel layout also features an extensive steel-mill scene. […]
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! This volume highlights the busy junction with CSX Transportation at Leipsic, Ohio, and includes a number of NS heritage units! Bought to you by Trains Magazine! Watch more: Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 3 […]
A rare find of a Western Pacific FTA-B units. Neglected for decades, the unique locomotives have roof-mounted number boards and wagon wheel antennae. The B-unit’s rear headlight came from a former steam locomotive. Being fascinated with the extreme weathering done by military modelers, Bruce Kingsley gave their methods a shot on a pair of small […]
Sean Moore takes a look at two different types of lift bridges on his Val Valley model railroad and explains how he built them. […]
Northern Pacific freight and passenger trains run on Dan Flanagan’s fictitious HO Great Northern Pacific RR, based on Jerry Boudreaux’s Red Rock Northern track plan (Model Railroader, June 2007). It’s an around-the-walls layout, approximately 11′ x 11′. […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Railway Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 7/8″=1′-0″ (1/13.7) Theme: A rural Maine two foot gauge line Description: This little video is made up of old footage found in the attic of a farm house next to the current line. It was thought to […]
This HO scale General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) models a Canadian-built version of the SD40-2 diesel-electric locomotive. The model accurately depicts its CP Rail prototype, including functioning classification lights. An ESU LokSound Select decoder provides realistic sound and lighting effects and operates on Digital Command Control (DCC) and direct-current (DC) layouts. Watch the locomotive run […]
Bill Kachel’s Cosmopolitan Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh to NYC and New Haven is an HO-scale DCC-controlled railroad. It incorporates the PRR, New Haven and Reading railroads, and includes the Hell Gate Bridge, Horseshoe Curve and the Zoo interchange in Philadelphia. His railroad has been featured in season 9 of the TV show […]
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