Ask MRVP: Episode 43

David Popp introduces a video while standing behind a counter in the Model Railroader workshop.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page But wait…there’s more! More from Ask MRVP host David Popp, as he shares answers to questions YOU have about couplers, track cleaining, ballast options, painting techniques, and other topics in the model railroading hobby. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 43

David Popp introduces a video while standing behind a counter in the Model Railroader workshop.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page But wait…there’s more! More from Ask MRVP host David Popp, as he shares answers to questions YOU have about couplers, track cleaining, ballast options, painting techniques, and other topics in the model railroading hobby. […]

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Atlas Trainman Gold HO Alco RS-32 and RS-36

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Atlas Trainman Gold HO Alco RS-32 and RS-36 Lifting off the plastic body shell involves removing the coupler draft gear boxes and disengaging plastic clips above both trucks. The Alco RS-32 and RS-36, four-axle, second­-generation diesel road switchers issued by Atlas Model RR Co. more than 10 years ago, have been upgraded and ­re-released as […]

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ExactRail HO scale GSI 53′-6″ bulkhead flatcar

ExactRail HO scale GSI 53'-6" bulkhead flatcar

Price: $54.99 Manufacturer ExactRail 525 E. 1860 S. Provo, UT 84606 www.exactrail.com Era: 1966 to present (depending on paint scheme) Road names: Rock Island (six road numbers); Burlington Northern (18 numbers); and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (nine numbers). Comments: A General Steel Industries (GSI) 53′-6″ bulkhead flatcar is the latest addition to ExactRail’s HO scale […]

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New model trains for the week of June 13, 2019

Tangent Scale Models HO scale Bethlehem Steel Co. 52’-6” 70-ton riveted drop-end gondola

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. Burlington Northern (Pacific Pride II in one road number, as-delivered scheme in three numbers, and 1990s scheme in one number); Conrail (as-delivered scheme in three numbers, with white sill in two numbers, and “Quality” and Operation Lifesaver schemes in one number each); Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (post-delivery […]

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Video: HO scale Sunset Route

a scene from Ron Mei's HO scale Sunset Route model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route fills 58 x 68 feet with scenes of railroading in the 1950s through southern Arizona and California. The model railroad features many prototype based scenes, including Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. See passenger and freight trains in […]

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Video: HO scale Sunset Route

a scene from Ron Mei's HO scale Sunset Route model railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route fills 58 x 68 feet with scenes of railroading in the 1950s through southern Arizona and California. The model railroad features many prototype based scenes, including Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. See passenger and freight trains in […]

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New model trains for June 6, 2019

Wm. K. Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP15-1 diesel locomotive

Wm. K. Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP15-1 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP15-1 diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage I), Canadian Pacific (red and black with road name only), Conrail (blue), CSX (dark blue and yellow), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme), and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray with lightning stripe). Direct-current […]

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