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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Images of the Past

Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]

DCC Programming: episode 18 – speed table programming

Dana Kawala and Ben Lake standing at a desk.

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are to […]

Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 1 – Here’s the plan

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]

MRVP Video Vault – Airbrushing for Model Railroaders: Basic techniques and cleaning

Allen Keller demostrates specific techniques used when painting

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 1980s vintage video, MR Contributor Allen Keller demostrates specific techniques used when painting and weathering railroad models with an airbrush. He also shares tips for cleaning an airbrush after use. […]

MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Don and John Santel’s HO Ohio, Michigan, & South Shore RR

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller hosts a visit to Don and John Santel’s OM&SS HO scale layouts. You won’t want to miss seeing Don’s operating hump yard! […]

Video: Rio Grande in the Rockies

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Mike Danneman’s N scale Moffat Road model train layout is set in the Colorado. Watch Rio Grande freight trains and they run through the detailed scenes on this 18′-6″ x 24′-9″ model railroad. […]

T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog – Recap

The Model Railroader team standing around a table.

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a fitting finale to the T-Trak Group Project efforts, MRVP’s Kent Johnson sits down with each builder to inspect his/her completed module and talk briefly about the lessons learned! […]

Track and wiring for the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR

Associate editor Eric White continues his behind-the-scenes look at building the Model Railroader staff’s latest project model train layout. In this installment, Eric describes how he laid out the track plan full size on the benchwork tabletop, including how he used curve and turnout templates. He’ll also show you the basics of how he laid […]

Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 29 – Fraser River Foray

Host Drew Halverson heads to the Northwest and back across the Canadian border to begin his most ambitious railfan outing yet! Drew enlists MRVP’s Kent Johnson and pilot pal Charlie Conway to help capture railroad action in one of the most picturesque river canyons in North America. Drew and the crew also catch BNSF street […]