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A visit to The Train Room
Section: Modeling
Visit a layout in a baggage car
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Build the Black River Junction – part 2
A Baltimore & Ohio Fairbanks-Morse switcher clatters over the crossing at Black River Junction. Bill Zuback photo A key part of building a successful model railroad is that the project keeps your interest. One way to stay “hooked” when building a layout is to make sure you can run some trains as quickly as possible. […]
Professor Carp’s Toy Train Emporium: Episode 7
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Member video: Old time log loading
This video features prototypical log loading on flatcars in the Cloquet Valley, Minnesota. The homemade log jammer is modeled after a photograph of an early unit. Technique and tools are typical of the time. Also shows the process of moving logs from the woods. Was in use about 1920, but could have been used up […]
Bob’s Train Box: Episode 57
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Bob Keller of MR’s sister publication, Classic Toy Trains magazine, now brings his wit and wisdom of modern-production O and S gauge toy trains to the MR Video Plus website! Bob’s on-camera personality shines as he digs into his train box to reveal […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 2
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You ask, we answer! In this new episode of Ask MRVP, host David Popp recruits Kent, Cody, Dana, and Drew to help address some of the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you left following the MR Video Plus debut of this show. If […]
Video: Kato Sound Box analog sound controller for model trains
The Kato Sound Box provides an easy way to add realistic sound effects to a direct-current (DC) layout without having to install Digital Command Control (DCC). Senior editor Dana Kawala demonstrates the Sound Box connected to a Kato power pack on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project model train layout. […]
Red Oak Series: Paving roads
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s Steve Otte shows how to add a realistic paved roadway to any model railroad, including Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout. The secret behind Steve’s success is the Woodland Scenics Smooth-It road system, but […]
Red Oak Series: Paving roads
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s Steve Otte shows how to add a realistic paved roadway to any model railroad, including Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout. The secret behind Steve’s success is the Woodland Scenics Smooth-It road system, but […]
Arch through-truss bridge model assembly diagram
Download plans to build this impressive arch through-truss bridge for a model railroad. Jim Richards Learn how author Jim Richards “scratchbashed” this arch through-truss bridge in the June Model Railroader. Click on the link below to download the assembly diagram that Jim used for the project. Arch through-truss bridge model assembly diagram […]
