A loaded crude oil BNSF Railway train snakes along Norfolk Southern’s Chicago Line near Otis, Ind., on Oct. 20, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Around the corner
Section: Videos & Photos
EMD SD70ACe-T4 video tour
Have you seen the latest in diesel locomotive technology? Associate Editor Steve Sweeney walks through the new Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe-T4 locomotive at the 2015 Railway Interchange trade show in Minneapolis with a factory representative. Learn more about the locomotive and see it up close, inside and out! […]
Member video: Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. layout tour, part 2
Willamette No. 17 hauls a string of loaded log cars to the operating log dump on the HO scale Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. […]
Whiteout
Canadian National train M345 heads north at Rantoul, Ill., on the Chicago Subdivision after meeting a southbound in subzero temperatures and fierce blowing snow. Photo by Erik Coleman […]
Into the night
A train load of coal rolls the last mile from the mine in Wyoming to the Edgewater Generating Station in Sheboygan, Wis., at dusk on July 22, 2012. Photo by Rich Peters […]
Crossroads
A westbound loaded CSX coal train approaches the diamonds in Deshler, Ohio, on June 14, 2014. The cross track is CSX’s Toledo to Cincinnati main line. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 7 – Fine detail painting
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody is working quickly toward outfitting our HO scale Winston-Salem GP9 diesel locomotive with the essential fine details and weathering effects. In this video, he shares how he touched up minor flaws in the decal application and added a few more detail parts. […]
Member video: Southern Pacific at Quisling, Calif.
Brian Moore added an extra four feet of boards to both ends of his module to make it 24 feet long. More industry and MoW at one end and some street running at the other. […]
Through the fog
Norfolk Southern office car special No. 955 creeps through the fog at Delphi, Ind., on the morning of Aug. 3, 2014. Photo by John E. Troxler […]
Winston-Salem Southbound Series: Painting an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, Part 6 – Applying front end decals
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page With the long hood stripes in place, Cody now turns to applying decals on the short hood and cab of our HO scale Winston-Salem diesel locomotive. Check out the techniques that make this effort go smoothly and yield great results! […]
The next generation
Two kids watch the passing of a Napoleon, Defiance & Western train in Napoleon, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for February 2016
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Several new locomotives and freight cars arrived at the Model Railroader offices this month, including new modern-era diesels from Wm. K. Walthers and Kato USA. You’ll even get a quick demo of the SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC)-equipped Walthers locomotive. Associate editor Cody […]
