This video depicts a fictional journey of a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive, also known as a “Ten Wheeler,” going once around my free-lanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway. This class of ten wheeler was originally built circa 1891. The video uses the fiction of the loco having been acquired by the Susquehanna […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The pages of Great Model Railroads 2016 come to life in this MR Video Plus exclusive visit to Stephen Brudlos’ Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific River Subdivision HO scale layout! Follow Steve as he takes you on a guided tour of his […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The pages of Great Model Railroads 2016 come to life in this MR Video Plus exclusive visit to Stephen Brudlos’ Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific River Subdivision HO scale layout! Follow Steve as he takes you on a guided tour of his […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive video, MRVP subscribers are treated to a unique 3D rendering of a layout soon to appear in MR’s Model Railroad Planning 2016! MRVP’s Ben Lake has prepared a virtual tour of the HO scale Bakersfield & Ventura RR around-the-walls layout […]
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Scott Thorton shot this video of an operating session on Clark Propst’s HO scale River City model railroad. The layout is based on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. in Mason City, Iowa, during the first week of May 1954. You can read more about the layout in Great Model Railroads 2016. […]
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Scott Thorton shot this video of an operating session on Clark Propst’s HO scale River City model railroad. The layout is based on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. in Mason City, Iowa, during the first week of May 1954. You can read more about the layout in Great Model Railroads 2016. […]
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Name: Southern Pacific Shasta Route Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 24 x 26 feet Prototype: Southern Pacific Locale: Northern California Period: mid-1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 (main), no. 6 (yards) Maximum grade: 11⁄2 percent Benchwork: open grid and L-girder Height: 49″ to 58″ Roadbed: Homasote on T-girder […]
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Name: Columbia & Western Scale: N (1:160) Size: 16′-6″ x 20′-0″ Prototype: Canadian Pacific Locale: southern British Columbia Period: 1970 Style: multi-deck walkaround with double-mushroom peninsula Mainline run: 230 feet Minimum radius: 18″ (main), 14″ (branch line) Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 30″ to 76″ Roadbed: 3⁄4″ plywood […]
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Name: Shady Grove & Sherrill Scale: On30 (1:48 proportion, scale 30″ track gauge) Size: 24 x 34 feet Theme: freelanced Locale: West Virginia Period: July 1947 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 200 feet Turnout minimum: no. 6 Maximum grade: 4 percent (main), 7 percent (branch line) Benchwork: open-grid and L girder Height: 52″ to 60″ Roadbed: […]
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Name: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy-Lines East Scale: S (1:64) Size: 19 x 30 feet Prototype: semi-freelanced, inspired by CB&Q Locale: Illinois Era: late 1940s to early 1960s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 312 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 8 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 48″ to 56″ Roadbed: Homasote and cork Track: […]
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