Join Cody as he reviews the features on the HO scale Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Comet coach and cab coach from Rapido Trains. […]
Rapido Trains HO scale MBTA Comet car set
Magazine: Model-Railroader
Ultimate Guide 2022 Videos List
Trains.com’s Ultimate Guide to Model Railroading 2022 includes videos to accompany the articles in the printed issue. Here are links to each of the videos available. SEE Lee Marsh’s Layout: Lee Marsh’s HO scale Great Northern Cascade Division SEE Gerry Leone tackle a track helix: Building benchwork and beginning stage of a helix SEE Seth […]
February 2022
Also in this issue: ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6 The latest features on our website FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8 The secret of Severna Park’s success NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12 Hobby industry news ASK MR, pg. 18 How are a crane’s hooks secured for travel? STEP BY STEP, pg. 24 Build a cement silo DCC […]
Model railroad product news for the week of January 20, 2022
Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest model railroad product news about 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 January 20, 2022. See all new products and product […]
Colorado Joint Line short train
Modelers with small spaces, please consider the above Colorado Joint Line short train as one prototype you might want to model. Back in 2017, I was chasing trains from Denver south to Colorado Springs and Pueblo along Colorado’s famed Joint Line before a rail industry conference began. I was told something like “trains run like […]
BNSF covered hopper variations
BNSF covered hopper variations are easy to spot if you live near or have railfanned along the BNSF Railway anytime in the past 20 years. If you have, you’ve most likely seen one of the railroad’s 100-plus car grain shuttles. These trains, dubbed “earthworms” by railfans because of how the long string of mineral red […]
Ask MR: What do covered gondolas carry?
Q: What kind of cargo is in those gondolas I see that have rounded covers on them? – John Martin A: That depends on the kind of covers you’re talking about. If the gondola in question has low sides and the cover is a tall one with lifting and stacking brackets on it, it’s a […]
Dissolving superglue
Cody Grivno answers this question: Is there anything that can dissolve superglue? Got a modeling question for us? Send us an email: AskTrains@trains.com […]
1980s Z scale train set
Reviving a 1980s Z scale train set I bought this 1980s Z scale train set, made by Märklin, as a high school student in 1981 while on a short exchange program visit to southern Germany. I immediately set it up in the bedroom of my host family in the village of Marienthal, in the Rhineland […]
State Line Route in N scale: Modeling clear and muddy rivers, Episode 17
David shares two options for modeling rivers on the State Line Route. He demonstrates how to make a muddy river using two-part resin and tints, and a clear river using one-part resin. Lastly, he adds waves, ripples, and other details to complete the water scene. […]
Model train layout operating ideas
Model train layout operating ideas can come from a variety of places. I returned from a couple of operating weekends in the fall of 2021 ready to run more trains, but I also picked up a few ideas I thought were worth sharing. In the Omaha, Neb., area, I visited Don Zinnacker’s Chicago, Burlington […]
Model Railroader, March 2022
[…]
