Workshop Webcam

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Watch modeling in progress with our Workshop Webcam. This camera is placed inside the Model Railroader workshop, where you can see Model Railroader and Classic Toy Trains editors building models, testing equipment, painting and more! This camera only activates when someone is inside the room. At other times, we’ll offer pre-recorded video from the cam […]

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Rochelle, Ill. — a Midwest railroad hotspot for train watching

An orange painted diesel locomotive leads a train over a double-diamond.

Join Trains editors on a short tour of the best parts of Rochelle, Ill., for rail fans — the places where train horns sound often.  Rochelle is the crossroads of Union Pacific and BNSF Railway mainlines in the middle of Illinois, in the middle of the Midwest — ensuring dozens of a train a day […]

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The M&M UFO Scene from Menards

The M&M UFO Scene from Menards

Price: $99.99 Stock no. 279-6130 Features: Illuminated flying saucer with changing lights; moving hoist with up/down action; M&M, alien, and Jack the German shepherd figures. Website: www.Menards.com/Trains Remember a few years ago when Menards gave us the spaceship with aliens abducting cows for an interplanetary barbecue? Well, what if … and I say if … […]

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MTH Premier Line O gauge SD40-2 diesel

MTH Premier Line O gauge SD40-2 diesel

Price: $559.95 (no. 20-21314-1; other road names $519.95) Features: O-31 operation, two can-style motors, MTH ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, remote couplers, smoke unit, conventional capability, as well as DCS command control and access through the Remote Commander or the MTH app. Low speed (cmd): 2 smph Low speed (conv): 5.5 smph Drawbar pull: […]

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