Check out the action of this A-A set released by Lionel, featuring a good level of detail and 0-36 action. […]
Video: Lionel O gauge Baldwin RF-16 diesel set
Section: Trains Video
Video Walthers HO scale El Capitan model passenger train
In 1956, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. re-equipped its El Capitan passenger train with all-new streamlined equipment, including Hi-Level cars. Check out this HO scale model of the famous train from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. We ran the train on the Model Railroader staff’s club model train layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Video: Con-Cor HO scale Comet model passenger train
The HO scale Comet from Con-Cor International features a factory-installed Digitrax Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Watch this New York, New Haven & Hartford RR streamliner run on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
CB&Q 5632 on a fantrip
Watch a video clip of CB&Q O-5 No. 5632 on a fantrip out of Chicago from the DVD program Reflections of American Railroading, produced by Herron Rail Video. […]
Steam and diesel on Santa Fe’s Surf Line
Watch a video clip of Santa Fe E1’s on a San Diegan meeting a 4-6-2 with the former Valley Flyer train from the DVD program Glory Machines, Vol. 1, produced by Herron Rail Video. […]
Video: Lionel Archive Operating freight station
Bob Keller demonstrates how freight is loaded via conveyor belt to its destination, working either as a railroad structure or the loading arm of a trackside factory. […]
How to use heat shrink tubing
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page When working on a wiring project, it’s a good idea to protect solder joints. Model Railroader associate editor shows you an easy method using heat-shrink tubing. […]
A wood pellet fired Ruby
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Visiting the Down East Light Railway Location: East Boothbay, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 (7/8 inch =1 foot) Description: Wood pellet fired modified Ruby I made a new boiler for this Ruby kit so it could burn solid fuel. She has a water pump working off the […]
Kent Johnson rainy day run-by
In the September 2012 issue, Kent Johnson demonstrated how he accomplished the realistic backdrop for his O gauge railroad. Subscribers can watch this rainy day run-by on a moody wet morning on his layout. […]
Tuned-up Turbine in action
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Video: Bachmann Trains HO scale Alco 2-6-0 Mogul
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco 2-6-0 Mogul run along a stretch of the Model Railroader club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. You’ll get a demonstration of some of the sound effect features of the model’s factory-installed SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]
Logging train on the W&Q
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance & Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Maine narrow gauge (logging today) Description: Follow along as my little scratch built logging engine “Tobias” takes a loop around the Winnegance and Quebec Railway. This engine is not a “BARGS” but is similar. It started […]
