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Mini-Gotham is an O-scale skyscraper metropolis complete with subways, El train, trolley and regional rail, both freight and passenger. I combined the tour of the layout with an adventure story about a cat the size of King Kong. Mini-Gotham is located in my apartment in Brooklyn, New York. […]
Name: Fairhope & Northern RR Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 14 x 22 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by New York, New Haven & Hartford Locale: New England Era: 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 84 feet Minimum radius: 26″ (visible track), 22″ (hidden track) Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder Height: 40″ to […]
Name: Santa Fe Scale: HO Size: 30 x 48 feet Prototype: freelanced, inspired by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Locale: Southern California Era: early 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 360 feet Minimum radius: 34″ (main), 26″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (secondary), no. 4 (branch) Maximum grade: 4 percent Benchwork: open frame […]
This video depicts a fictional journey of a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive, also known as a “Ten Wheeler,” going once around my free-lanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway. This class of ten wheeler was originally built circa 1891. The video uses the fiction of the loco having been acquired by the Susquehanna […]
Click on the links at left to download the appropriately sized computer desktop wallpaper. The December Model Railroader magazine features this snowy scene in the Trackside Photos section. Ron Foreman of Glendale, Calif., scratchbuilt the HO scale log loader. This month you can use Ron’s photo as a background on your computer screen. Click on […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A sound-equipped U-boat and new DVDs are among the new model railroading products featured in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you tips for effectively modeling mortar lines on structure models by using a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A sound-equipped U-boat and new DVDs are among the new model railroading products featured in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you tips for effectively modeling mortar lines on structure models by using a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, Dana Kawala and Ben Lake demonstrate how to assemble a DCC locomotive consist using a computer. Dana and Ben walk through all of the essential steps, just as they appear on a JMRI programming panel. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, Dana Kawala and Ben Lake demonstrate how to assemble a DCC locomotive consist using a computer. Dana and Ben walk through all of the essential steps, just as they appear on a JMRI programming panel. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, the dust starts to fly over several rehab/redo projects on Chuck Sable’s HO scale layout! Chuck and host Drew Halverson blast into a scenery project, MRVP’s David Popp installs a new drop-down section, and MR’s Cody […]