Get your canned meats here! Cody’s Office has an Atlas O 36-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car decorated for Rex Canned Meats, an Athearn Genesis HO scale Union Pacific class CA-8 caboose, and the latest special issue from Model Railroader all about our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. There’s also a modeling tip and viewer mail! […]
Details, details, details! Our “Regular Guy” Steve Brown keeps the banter at bay, before jumping into how he uses computer printouts to make building interiors and exterior signage. Plus, he shares how and where to add big crates, bound loads of lumber, and many other details to complete his authentic N scale Port Smith setting! […]
David Popp and Cody Grivno migrate to the Mukwonago layout location and prepare the site for a relocated, rail-served industry. As David preps the property, including benchwork, track, and scenery modifications, Cody sprays a few coats of paint on the structure. All of this while Dana Kawala shows how to install and wire Rapido RailCrew […]
Host James McNab shares secrets to making scenic showcases on his HO scale Hills Line model railroad. You’ll see that repetition is a helpful thing when it comes to making realistic scenery layers. From applying a single coat of paint, to adding static grass, to making stone ballast, James demonstrates that rinse and repeat techniques […]
Cody shares the RailSmith Models N scale 72-foot Pullman Standard baggage car, Atlas Alco RSD-5 HO scale diesel locomotive, and the HO Milwaukee, Racine & Troy anniversary boxcar, plus a workshop tip and reader mail. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Work on our Winston-Salem Southbound HO scale layout is complete. Now it’s time to try running it like the real thing! Once the paperwork is order, David Popp walks first-time operator Jenny Maaske through a typical switching sequence. Along the way, David explains […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the November 2017 issue of Model Railroader associate editor Eric White shows how he used some parts on hand to install a sound system into an Atlas HO scale U30B locomotive. These parts include a SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder and speaker. Check out […]
Bay Junction was a project railroad for the editors of Model Railroaders in the early 2010s. Track plans and videos for that project are linked to below. Bay Junction track plans The Bay Junction track plan Industries and tracks and Williams Bay Bay Junction overview article Read the first article about the second Milwaukee, […]
The 2015 N scale Red Oak project layout Fifty miles west of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR division point of Creston, Iowa, lies the town of Red Oak, the inspiration for Model Railroader’s 2015 project model train layout. Named for the trees that line the Red Oak Creek, the town came into being with […]
Featured in Model Railroader in 1978, the N scale Clinchfield remains one of the magazine’s all-time great project railroads. Jim Hediger shares some of the insight behind the planning and construction of the unique model railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode, Senior Editor Jim Hediger recalls more of his early days at Model Railroader magazine. Jim describes “Lurch” the infamous elevator at the old Kalmbach building in downtown Milwaukee. See vintage photos of the Model Railroader offices and staff. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader Senior Editor Jim Hediger has had many experiences working with the real railroads. In this episode he talks about how he acquired his collection of official paint chips from the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR, as well as how the DT&I […]
