Jerry Fassnacht’s HO scale Pennsy & Reading RR layout is located in Palm Harbor, Florida. The two-level layout was started in 2002 and uses an NCE DCC system. […]
Jerry Fassnacht’s Pennsy & Reading RR
Scale: HO Scale
Uintah Mallet No. 50 at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
In this video, the Uintah Railway Mallet No. 50 and a 2-8-8-2 Rio Grande articulated locomotive take a work train from Klamath Falls to Lakeview on the Oregon, California & Eastern. […]
B&M NH Mainline – Ballasting the Track
This is the second part of a two-part series where I demonstrate the process I used for ballasting the track on my B&M NH Mainline. This video details the four step process shared by Cody and others: Glue down cinders if appropriate; ballast the track center; light ballast on roadbed shoulders; and final ballast on […]
BNSF Coal Operations
The bulk of my layout is set in Wyoming with a bit of Colorado and Nebraska. Coal is a key source of revenue for the BD&O. Here we see a BNSF Coal Train arriving at Cowboy Coal in Campbell County, Wyoming, then departing for Power Plants to the south. Video by Brian Olson. […]
Jerry Fassnacht’s Pennsy & Reading RR
Jerry Fassnacht’s HO scale Pennsy & Reading RR layout is located in Palm Harbor, Florida. The two-level layout was started in 2002 and uses an NCE DCC system. […]
Uintah Mallet No. 50 at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
In this video, the Uintah Railway Mallet No. 50 and a 2-8-8-2 Rio Grande articulated locomotive take a work train from Klamath Falls to Lakeview on the Oregon, California & Eastern. […]
Computer desktop wallpaper from the April 2018 Model Railroader
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. The Nickel Plate Road’s first Berkshire, Alco-built no. 700, accelerates out of Frankfort, Ind., with fast freight No. 47 in tow on Model Railroader contributing editor Tony Koester’s HO scale NKP St. Louis Division layout. This month you can […]
New model trains for the week of February 22, 2018
Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives. Canadian National (F9B in as-delivered scheme and sergeant stripes, four road numbers each), Canadian Pacific (F7B and F9B in maroon with block lettering, maroon with script lettering, Action Red with […]
Designing and setting up a removable staging cassette
This video demonstrates how Thomas Klimoski designed and set up a removable staging cassette on his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. […]
Designing and setting up a removable staging cassette
This video demonstrates how Thomas Klimoski designed and set up a removable staging cassette on his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. […]
Video Step by Step: Weathering metal siding
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After assembling several plastic structures for an HO scale layout, MR associate editor Eric White aims to make the corrugated metal (simulated) exterior look authentic. Follow along, as he demonstrates steps for applying realistic weathering effects using an airbrush. […]
Video Step by Step: Weathering metal siding
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page After assembling several plastic structures for an HO scale layout, MR associate editor Eric White aims to make the corrugated metal (simulated) exterior look authentic. Follow along, as he demonstrates steps for applying realistic weathering effects using an airbrush. […]
