Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In November’s Workshop, Cody shows you how to equip a freight car with a functioning end of train device. He also shares how to use a handy jig to space railroad ties along a main or branch line. Of course, Cody also addresses […]
Empty oil cans return to the oil field of North Dakota behind two fresh Norfolk Southern GE ES44ACs. BNSF Railway train U-NSDFYN rolls west up the BNSF’s St. Croix Subdivision on July 8, 2013. Photo by Matt Krause […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Once your foam scenery is in place, you need to smooth out the bumps and fill in the gaps. David shows you how he did just that on our Thin Branch project railroad, including putting on the base coat of paint. […]
Visitors to the Cass Scenic Railroad in the early 1970s watch Shay No. 5 switch in the yard. Check out more Cass and West Virginia coverage in the August 2013 issue of Trains magazine. Photo by J.J. Young Jr. […]
Amtrak P42 No. 185 leads the Pennsylvanian through Lancaster, Pa., on April 21, 2013. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart […]
Join us for an interview with two experts on the tunnel district of the Southern Railway line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn. Learn more about the abandoned tunnels in the woods of Kentucky. Find out just how difficult it is to see these relics of the steam era. […]
This HO scale Norfolk & Western Y6b from Broadway Limited Imports features Digital Command Control, realistic sound, and puffing smoke. The 2-8-8-2 also has pulling power worthy of its prototype. See and hear this HO steam locomotive as it hauls a freight train on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to adjust wheelset gauge. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to weather a freight car with the drybrushing technique. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Get a look at the new SoundTraxx DCC equipped Athearn GP50 in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. You’ll also see new model train products from Atlas, ExactRail, Piko America, and Walthers. In this month’s modeling tip, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dana Kawala starts a new series on Digital Command Control programming for the common model railroader. In this installment, Dana shows you how to program 2 and 4-digit locomotive addresses. If you’re new to DCC, you don’t want to miss this series! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This episode of The Roundhouse brings Tony Koester back, this time to discuss favorite (and least favorite) modeling tasks among other fun topics! […]
