Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch to run a new HO scale GP40-2 from Athearn Trains that comes equipped with a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. He’ll show you other […]
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Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 (7/8″=1 foot) Theme: Maine two foot gauge Description: I built a steam rail bus powered by an Accucraft Dora…the smallest live steamer they make. Here she is plowing snow on my line. she does pretty well with […]
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Name: Joe Muscanere Location: Texas Scale: O Theme: Steam era Description: LIONELVILLE 2014 Welcome back to Lionelville for Christmas 2014. Running this year on the Main Line is MTH Santa Fe Hudson #3461 pulling the “Fast Mail Express” passenger train. On the Branch Line is a vintage Lionel 726 Berkshire from 1947 with 2426W tender […]
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The Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the locomotive model in action as it hauls freight trains on the Model Railroader staff’s layout. […]
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Name: Joe Muscanere Railroad Name: TCA Gulf Coast Chapter Layouts Location: Houston, Texas Scale: O, S, Standard Description: TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION LONE STAR DIVISION GULF COAST CHAPTER 2015 WINTER TRAIN MEET O Gauge, S Gauge, and Standard Gauge model trains running at the TCA Lone Star Division Winter Train Meet held January 3, 2015 in […]
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Benchwork for the 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout didn’t need to be bulletproof, but it did need to be sturdy enough for us to move about the MR workshop and transport to shows. In this video, MRVP’s David Popp shows you how he assembled the lightweight legs, frame, and hollow-core door tabletop […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy New Year from Cody’s Office! There are many great new model railroading products to kick off 2015 including new HO scale diesels from Athearn, Rapido Trains/MLW, and Walthers as well as a new N scale FEF-3 steam locomotive from Kato USA. Kalmbach […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, host Dana Kawala explains Back-Electro-Motive-Force (Back EMF) control and how it functions to aid performance on DCC-equipped locomotives. Dana demonstrates how this “cruise control” can be set and adjusted based on some specific ways you might […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this “single-stall” edition of The Roundhouse, host Hal Miller welcomes Model Railroader magazine contributing editor Tony Koester to the table to chat about this friend, pioneering model railroader Allen McClelland, and his multiple Virginian & Ohio HO scale layouts. Although Allen no […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Rehab crew returns to Chuck Sable’s basement to take on his toughest layout challenge yet. Chuck and David Popp start in on a street lighting project, but quickly get sidetracked troubleshooting a pesky DCC issue. Cody “Two Brat” Grivno keeps his head […]
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Name: Janis Roguskie Railroad Name: Christmas Display 2014 Location: United States Scale: O gauge Theme: Classic holiday display layout Description: The video begins with a slide show showing the initial assembly of the display layout. Some changes were made from last year’s rendering. The next segment of the video captures an operating session on the […]
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