Milwaukee Road Hiawatha in 1966

Model diesel locomotive

Follow along as the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha makes its way around Michael Armstrong’s home layout. The year is 1966, and the Hiawatha is handling a decent amount of head-end mail and express business in addition to a healthy number of passenger cars. […]

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Athearn Genesis HO scale SD60I and SD60M diesel locomotives

Athearn Genesis HO scale SD60I and SD60M diesel locomotives

    In this exclusive product review for Model Railroader, James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel shows you highlights of two new HO scale Genesis-series locomotives from Athearn Trains. Both the SD60I and SD60M feature prototype specific detailing and come equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami2 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. […]

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Building a heavy-duty flatcar

Building a heavy-duty flatcar

Name: Todd Haskins Railroad Name: Cape Cod Central Location: Cape Cod Theme: Fun Description: I rebuilt my scratched/ bashed heavy duty depressed center flatcar so it could handle bigger loads. I cut out the short 7″ deck and replaced it with a 12″. One day I was rail fanning at the main yard and spotted […]

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Haunted Train layout

Halloween toy train layout

Name:    Steven Allen Railroad Name:    Look Memorial Park Haunted Train Layout Video Location:    Look Memorial Park Train Station, Florence, MA Scale:    S Scale Theme:    Halloween Description:    Members of the Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club have built a Halloween themed layout for Look Memorial Park’s Train Station. It is available during the Haunted Train Rides on […]

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The Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club’s Christmas display

Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club holiday display

Name: Steven Allen Railroad Name: Santa’s Trains at Look Park Location: Look Memorial Park Florence, MA Scale: S Scale Theme: Christmas Description: The Pioneer Valley Model Railroad Club has built 3 S Gauge layouts for Look Memorial Park’s Christmas event known as Santa’s Trains at Look Park. This is the main layout of 3 layouts […]

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Running trains on a postwar style Lionel layout

Postwar style toy train layout

Name:    Terry Johnson Forum User Name:    tibet99 Railroad Name:    Lionel Postwar Layout Location:    Michigan Scale:    1/48 Theme:    Classic Lionel postwar trains Description:    I have a decent high rail layout but got the urge recently to run my Lionel postwar trains. I dug out my Kalmbach book “Classic Lionel Display Layouts You Can Build” by Roger […]

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