Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana shows just how easy is it to add realism to a DCC-equipped locomotive simply by programming a momentum effect. In this demonstration, you’ll see how the momentum function eliminates those sudden starts and stops that occur when operating a locomotive straight out […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hal Miller has guests Cody Grinvo and Drew Halverson talk about cameras, railfanning, and great trackside places to eat in this video installment of The Roundhouse. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hal Miller brings MR’s Neil Besougloff and Steve Otte back to the table for more banter about scratchbuilding. The conversation heats up as the three discuss how they acquired the skill, what tools are essential, and then debate how relevant scratchbuilding is today. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As part of the shadow box construction on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout, David Popp shows how to add a curved styrene backdrop. In this video, David demonstrates how he cuts and installs support components, makes cutouts in the styrene sheet, and […]
The Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor layout is finally complete. Get a behind-the-scenes look at a magazine photo shoot of the harbor railroad with editor Neil Besougloff and MR photographer Bill Zuback. Senior editor Dana Kawala will also show you some of the rolling stock used on our Seaboard Shore Line model railroad. Thanks for watching! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In 2014, Model Railroader magazine celebrates 80 years in publication. Coincidentally, 40 years ago MR Senior Editor Jim Hediger was just getting started as a staff editor when he was charged with shepherding the production of a custom-run boxcar to commemorate MR’s 40th […]
My first adventure in to O gauge toy trains. Around Christmas I bought a Lionel Polar Express set with a loop of track to put under the Christmas tree. It soon gave me the O gauge bug and I bought additional track, ceramic and porcelain buildings, and figures to make a complete small “North Pole” […]
This unusual trio of Division Point brass D&RGW Krauss-Maffei ML-4000s is taking a trip around the club layout with a dynamometer car and freight consist in tow. Bringing up the rear is an OMI brass D&RGW caboose. I installed Loksound 4 decoders in each locomotive. Also, each locomotive require nine LEDs to make up the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Even if spring hasn’t arrived quite yet, that’s just fine by us. Chilly temps in this long month should give you plenty of time to continue enjoying this great hobby and Jenny Maaske’s preview of model railroad related videos coming to Model Railroader […]
Watch Southern Railway 2-8-0 Consolidation No. 630 operating in main line excursion service out of Spencer, N.C., in June 2012. This locomotive’s sister, Southern Mikado 2-8-2 No. 4501, is the focus of a feature in the May 2014 issue of Trains. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody Grivno, host of Cody’s Workshop, steps away from the workbench and heads to the MR&T layout to revamp a compact grade crossing scene. Cody shows how to install a new scenery base and shape the terrain using Shaper Sheet from Woodland Scenics. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page New scenery products and rolling stock highlight this month’s edition of Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will show you a selection of new freight and passenger cars in O, HO, and N scales. You’ll also get to see Woodland Scenics new Scenery […]
