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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Insider Weekly for August 4, 2014, gives you a chance to ride with host Drew Halverson and Tom “Sherpa” Danneman, art director for Trains magazine, on an epic Drew’s Trackside Adventure to Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota! Fast-paced trains, stunning, model-worthy scenery, […]
BNSF Railway C44-9W No. 4956 leads an intermodal train east along the Mississippi River near Galena Junction, Ill., on Oct. 16, 2010. Photo by Steve Bauer […]
Norfolk Southern train No. 334 makes its way eastbound as it flies over the NS East End District in Leeds, Ala., with C40-9 No. 8840 leading a leased unit on Nov. 5, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While MRVP Producer David Popp and MR Editor Neil Besougloff were heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for the NMRA National Convention 2014, they took a side trip to Elkhart, Ind., to visit the National New York Central Museum. Steam, diesel and electric motive power […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video, Kent Johnson shares techniques he uses to transform the stacks of flexible foam blocks into a more natural, gradually sloping mountainside on MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. display-style layout. You’ll see how to work with a handy hot wire cutting […]
CSX train Q680-07 passes through Shocco Springs, Ala., with a nine-unit consist on Oct. 7, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]
Name: Tom Grabenstein Railroad Name: Little River Rail Road Location: The Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Logging Description: The fifth video from Little River RR productions and Choo Choo Films is a tribute to the 8 and 16 mm films made by railfans and company men toward the end of logging by […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana Kawala’s DCC Programming Series has struck a chord with MRVP viewers! So this week on MR Insider Weekly, Ben Lake gets the scoop on the next episode addressing Configuration Variable (CV) 29. In addition to a quick preview of the forthcoming (arriving […]
Providence & Worcester train WX-2, with GP40-2 No. 3002, works the hump yard at Worcester, Mass., on the afternoon of Aug. 31, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Don’t miss the latest episode of Cody’s Office where you’ll see an HO scale SD50 from Athearn Trains, an N scale PS boxcar from Fox Valley Models, an HO scale PS 4750 covered hopper from Tangent, an HO scale Russell snow plow from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of MRVP’s DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala takes on CV 29, one of the most powerful (and often-feared) configuration variables in DCC. Dana methodically walks you through how to use CV 29 to control many of the basic functions […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings Model Railroader magazine editor Neil Besougloff and Classic Toy Trains magazine associate editor Bob Keller to the table to talk tinplate trains. The guys discuss their on-going affinity for vintage toy trains, accessories, and the simple, yet accessible, mechanisms […]
