Name: Charlie Zimmerman Railroad Name: Smoke and Oak RR Location: Central Pennsylvania Scale: 1:29 Theme: Reading Railroad Description: Three Reading GPs work a snow plow around the mainline so that freight and passenger service can be restored. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page So many questions, and so many answers in this month’s Ask MRVP! In this episode, David Popp, Cody Grivno, Dana Kawala, Drew Halverson, and Steve Sweeney of Trains magazine help cover topics ranging from prototype railroad operation to T-Trak trackwork to painting techniques, […]
Cab ride through the layout on Per Laursen’s HO scale modern UP layout based in East-Central Texas. New improved version recorded with a GoPro Hero4 Session camera with much better picture and sound quality. Also the camera is in the correct cab window height for wide-nose locomotives and the train runs at a slower speed […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Cody first demonstrates how to paint the fine details he’ll apply to our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. He then shares techniques for masking and painting (using an airbrush) the larger locomotive components in the desired base coat colors. […]
Watch video clips of 2-8-0s, 4-6-0s, and light 4-6-2s from the Herron Rail Video program Donald J. Krofta’s Canadian Steam, Vol. 1: Ontario, 1958. […]
Steve Crise See the story in the January 2016 issue! Watch an exclusive video of his layout now. […]
Name: Trevor Park Railroad Name: Fern Creek and Western Railroad Location: Santa Cruz, CA Scale: 1:20.3 with some 1:22.5 mixed in. Theme: Logging, mining and short line freight and passenger operations. Description: Come join us for a layout tour of my Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad that I built with my friends. This video […]
Name: Adam Matthews Railroad Name: North Western Railroad Location: Ohio Scale: O Gauge Theme: Freelanced Hi-Rail based on Northeast Ohio Description: My Lionel Vision Line Big Boy 4014 hauls a string of 29 reefer cars around the new mainline on the Lower Level of the North Western Railroad. […]
This HO scale Pennsylvania RR class M1a 4-8-2 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports features the firm’s new Paragon3 sound system. These new electronics work with the firm’s new Rolling Thunder subwoofer system that captures the low-bass rumble of the real thing. Hear the system for yourself and get a demo of the Digital Command […]
I decided to step out of my comfort zone of working with diesels, and detailed (including replacing some parts) and weathered this huge HO gauge Lima Allegheny Blue-Ridge Virginian steam locomotive. […]
Name: Chris Haon Railroad Name: Georgia Garden Railway Society Location: Kennesaw, GA Scale: 1:29 Theme: Display Layout Description: Over the weekend of Jan. 30 & 31 The Georgia Garden Railway Society setup a G Scale display layout for The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History during their Trains, Trains, Trains event. Over the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Our Winston-Salem Southbound locomotive painting project continues. This time, Cody shows how to complete the final detail work before cleaning the assembly, and then heading to the paint booth to apply a primer coat. […]
