Take a tour of a live steam outdoor railroad club located in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area. The railroad accommodates a wide variety of trains fueled by coal, oil, propane, gasoline, and batteries. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Cinder Sniffers
Section: Trains Video
Video: Tour Gerry Leone’s HO scale Bona Vista RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out Great Model Railroads 2015 for a farewell visit to Gerry Leone’s Bona Vista RR. The freelanced HO scale railroad modeled a short line in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota in 1953. In this video, follow Gerry as he gives you a tour […]
This flexible layout can be changed in a day
Read the entire article, only in the December 2014 issue! […]
Feline King Kong destroys O-gauge Gotham City
Name: Frank Heynick Railroad Name: Mini-Gotham Location: Brooklyn, New York Scale: O Theme: Skyscraper City Description: The video differs from anything else you’ve seen, since it is filmed in an O-scale metropolis with scratch-built skyscrapers rising to six feet in height and involves a story, an adventure of sorts. The first half of the video […]
Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 steam test
Editor Jim Wrinn captured this time lapse video on October 10, 2014, of a day’s work on the Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2. The locomotive, which has been out of service since 2000, is being worked on at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Eagle Mountain Garden Railroad
In this visit to Peggy and Gary Martin’s outdoor garden railway, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, you’ll see large scale trains in a distinctly southwestern desert setting. […]
A tour of the “train room”
Name: John Forum User Name: JUSTRAINCRAZY Location: Train room Scale: O Theme: Basement railroad Description: Home layout enjoyed by dad, mom, twin sons, and daughter. […]
Member video: Chuck Davis’ HO scale Lehigh Valley RR, Coxton Yard design
This video describes Coxton Yard on my HO layout, the Wyoming Division of the Lehigh Valley. It covers the design and track plan of the center of operations on the layout, and the system used to classify the freight cars. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
Member video: Chuck Davis’ HO scale Lehigh Valley RR, Dual magnet uncoupling
Here’s a video of realistic uncoupling techniques for model trains using dual magnets on my Lehigh Valley RR layout. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
Member video: Chuck Davis’ HO scale Lehigh Valley RR, Using the Coxton Yard control panel
This video on the Coxton Yard describes how to use the control panel and how the turnouts are thrown using a diode matrix. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
Member video: The HO scale Norfolk Southern
Take a cab ride around our HO scale modern Norfolk Southern layout with operating CTC signals. The video was shot with a go pro and a cab picture was added with computer editing software. Video shot by Joshua Clark […]
DCC Programming: episode 11 – manual notching
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Modern sound decoders have made it possible for your model locomotives to sound just like the real thing. In this episode, DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala shares a few ways to tweak the sound effects to further enhance the realistic operation […]
