Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of MRVP’s DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala takes on CV 29, one of the most powerful (and often-feared) configuration variables in DCC. Dana methodically walks you through how to use CV 29 to control many of the basic […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings Model Railroader magazine editor Neil Besougloff and Classic Toy Trains magazine associate editor Bob Keller to the table to talk tinplate trains. The guys discuss their on-going affinity for vintage toy trains, accessories, and the simple, yet accessible, mechanisms […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this exclusive MRVP video, Model Railroader magazine’s N Scale Insight columnist Jim Kelly shares his remarkable N scale basement layout highlighting Santa Fe’s route over Tehachapi Pass, Calif. After retiring as MR’s managing editor, Jim has continued honing his modeling skills, tackling new projects, […]
The September 2014 issue’s Collectible Classic discusses this interesting boxcar. Joe Algozzini provides detailed information about the variations of this car. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This episode of Cody’s Workshop migrates to the MR&T, Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale layout, where Cody shows how to install a prototypical, but infrequently modeled, section of patchwork ballast along a two-track main line. He also demonstrates a practical application for a […]
Name: Janis Roguskie Railroad Name: Reading Lines Location: Pennsylvania Scale: Lionel O Gauge Theme: Reading Railroad in Pennsylvania Description: Where there’s trains, there’ll be wrecks. I had a derailment while getting a tonnage train underway. Never one to waste an opportunity, I decided to exploit the play value of the derailment. All I need now […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Cody’s Workshop, Cody shows the basics of assembling a freight car kit and some easy ways to enhance them. He also demonstrates how to use clear paint to add turn signals to vehicles. Plus, Cody answers your questions and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this month’s episode of Cody’s Office, you’ll get a handy tip for weathering model railroad ballast using an airbrush. Associate editor Cody Grivno demonstrates his favorite techniques on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project layout, which won’t appear in print until […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John and J.D. Forsythe of Train Control Systems stop by Model Railroader magazine’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate a steam locomotive equipped with a TCS WOWSound decoder. DCC Programming host Dana Kawala has them talk through the helpful TCS audio-assist feature […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader contributing editor Pelle Søeborg scratchbuilt a cement plant on his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub based on a prototype near Tehachapi, Calif. You can watch trains work the cement plant in this last part of the video tour of Pelle’s modern-era […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Branchline railroading is a great subject for a spare room layout. In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, you’ll see how layout designer Bowen Tubbs neatly fit a scheme for an HO scale Milwaukee Road branch into a 12 x 17 space. […]
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 returned to Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 8, 2014, and Trains Editor Jim Wrinn was there to record the moment when the 4-8-8-4 and its tender inched back into the railroad’s steam shops. Only from Trains! […]
