Midday Modeler kitbash challenge kickoff — In this episode Trains.com Executive Producer David Popp hosts a live stream cast of characters talking about the MR&T HO model railroad, with a special highlight of Ben Lake’s Hoan Bridge and the newly imagined Milwaukee waterfront. The kitbash challenge this year features N scale and HO scale models […]
Cody Grivno shows you where to find a specific set of drawings. Are you trying to track down past drawings from MR? Or do you want more information on a prototype locomotive? Our freight car? Send us an email: AskTrains@trains.com […]
Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about model railroad products like locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of February 17, 2022. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division […]
Duplainville, Wis., about 18 miles west of Milwaukee, was developed around 1848. A predecessor of the Milwaukee Road began building a new main line west toward Portage, Wis., running through Duplainville about 1855. The Wisconsin Central (Soo Line) built south from Rugby Junction to Chicago in 1885, crossing the Milwaukee Road at Duplainville. The crossing […]
Q: I’m looking to build an HO scale Rock Island Rocket and its Electro-Motive Corp. TA diesel locomotive. I know that Model Railroader published Rock Island Rocket drawings several years ago (1986 or so), and I was wondering where I might find these plans? I think that the TA plans were reprinted […]
Don Ball model railroad images Don Ball model railroad images: Don Ball, a contributor to Model Railroader and Model Railroad Planning magazines, died on January 21, 2022 at his home in Blue Springs, Mo. He was 73 years old. Through the pages of our magazines, Don shared his passion for modeling the 1890s. He […]
Cody Grivno explains different paint schemes of tank cars and what they are used for. Do you have questions about prototype rolling stock? Or, do you want information on how to model them? Drop us an email: AskTrains@trains.com. And, if there are other paint schemes that you’ve seen applied to tank cars, let us know […]
Join the cast and crew of Model Railroader and Trains.com for this Live recorded session from the MR workshop at Kalmbach Media. This is the second video that was live streamed via Facebook, but avaialble after the fact only to Trains.com Members. Enjoy! […]
Also in this issue: ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6 The latest features on our website FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8 Issue archive offers insights, inspiration NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12 Hobby industry news ASK MR, pg. 18 What freight cars would my diesels pull? STEP BY STEP, pg. 24 Light and easy on an N scale […]
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What was your first train set (or locomotive)? My first set was my Dad’s Hornby Dublo 3-rail set from the 1950s. He had loads of buildings and track that we put out every Christmas. Over time, I moved on to a 4-by-8-foot piece of plywood. The height of my modelling was using (bright orange!) builder’s […]
We put the Atlas N scale Alco S-2 and its ESU Loksound decoder to work switching some cars on Model Railroader’s new N scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy project layout. […]
