Trains Tube: ‘Selling Sunshine’ DVD preview

Brightly painted diesel electric locomotive.

Join Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn and video producer Rich Luckin for an early look at our next DVD production: “Selling Sunshine, the Florida Trains,” available in late August 2017. You’ll learn about the passenger trains that opened the Sunshine State to tourism and the railroads they ran on. […]

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Big Steam is Back DVD preview

Large black steam locomotive hauling passenger train.

See how your favorite big steam locomotives are rebuilt and run — from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway No. 4501, to the big steam story of 2016: the return of Union Pacific No. 844. You can now watch a preview of this new video production, which features popular steam locomotives from coast to coast! […]

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How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 7, Shading techniques

Aaron Skinner holding an airbrush.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   In this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron, FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner demonstrates two airbrushing techniques that help you replicate how sunlight naturally reflects on painted surfaces.   Follow along as Aaron demonstrates post-shading and pre-shading effects on a WWII tank model […]

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Olympia 2, The Log Blog: Part 7 – A Rock’n Project

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Who takes a summer break from modeling when it’s constantly raining outside? Certainly not David, ’cause he’s busy rock’n out in his basement! In this episode, he tackles the challenges of adding new rock formations to the expanding Olympia Logging Co. On30 layout. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 27

David Popp and Cody Grivno standing in the MR&T layout room at Kalmbach Media.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The questions keep coming to Ask MRVP (Thank YOU!), so this month host David Popp enlists help from none other than Cody Grivno. Together they address inquires related to our MR&T HO scale layout, diesel detailing, working with foam scenery, layout trackwork, wiring, […]

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The Roundhouse: Episode 7

Tony Koester and Neil Besougloff

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Classic Trains editor Rob McGonigal and former Trains magazine publisher Kevin Keefe join Hal Miller for episode 7 of The Roundhouse. Topics for discussion include bankrupt railroads, best railroad photographers, and whether or not Amtrak can ever be considered cool. […]

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The Roundhouse: Episode 25

Hal Miller and Tony Koester

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Hal Miller hosts a single-stall edition of his show with Model Railroader magazine contributing editor Tony Koester. This time the conversation centers on Tony’s Allegheny Midland HO scale layout and its various iterations that appeared in numerous Model Railroader magazine features and Kalmbach […]

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Video: National Train Show 2017 Special Report, part 1

National Train Show 2017

Model Railroader magazine and MR Video Plus bring you an exclusive look at the 2017 National Train Show in Orlando, Fla. In part 1 you’ll see exciting new locomotives, rolling stock, and other model train products from Walthers, Athearn, MTH, Atlas, East Coast Circuits, and Peco. Model Railroad Planning editor Tony Koester also provides highlights […]

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