The Roundhouse: Episode 26

Hal Miller and Gerry Leone

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller brings you this single-stall edition featuring NMRA Vice President and Master Model Railroader Gerry Leone. Hal points the conversation toward Gerry’s remarkable Bona Vista HO scale layout and its various iterations that have appeared in numerous Model Railroader publications. You’ll […]

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Rehab My Railroad: Episode 11

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The Rehab crew is back in the basement to get a number of projects on Chuck Sable’s HO scale layout underway. Host Drew Halverson and Chuck get things started by building up the terrain for a lakefront scene. David Popp shares details on […]

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Rehab My Railroad: Episode 11

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The Rehab crew is back in the basement to get a number of projects on Chuck Sable’s HO scale layout underway. Host Drew Halverson and Chuck get things started by building up the terrain for a lakefront scene. David Popp shares details on […]

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HO scale Eagle Mountain RR

HOscaleEagleMountainRR

Name: Eagle Mountain RR Layout owner: Model Railroader staff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 3′-101⁄2″ x 6′-01⁄2″ Prototype: Eagle Mountain RR Locale: Riverside County, Calif. Era: late 1960s to early 1970s Style: island, portable Mainline run: 14 feet Minimum radius: 19″ Minimum turnout: Peco no. 5 Maximum grade: none Height: 45″ Track: Peco code 83 flextrack, […]

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User video: The Rapido Route

The Rapido Route

Here is a video that I created of my HO scale layout after shooting some action on the mainline with my Samsung Galaxy. The Rapido Route layout is based on Canadian National and VIA Rail livery operations during the late 1970s and 1980s during a time when I had the opportunity to ride the prototypes […]

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User video: The Rapido Route

The Rapido Route

Here is a video that I created of my HO scale layout after shooting some action on the mainline with my Samsung Galaxy. The Rapido Route layout is based on Canadian National and VIA Rail livery operations during the late 1970s and 1980s during a time when I had the opportunity to ride the prototypes […]

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WalthersMainline HO scale 85-foot Budd passenger cars

Walthers HO Budd passenger cars

WalthersMainline HO Budd passenger cars Eric installed an exterior detailing kit and lighting kit on the diner. Detail kits include separate wire grab irons. The cars all feature prototypically detailed interiors molded in tan plastic. The photo shows the interior of the baggage-lounge car. Everything old is new again. Walthers is returning to model railroading’s […]

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