This video shows how I lay track on my HOn3 layout. […]
Member video: Handlaying HOn3 track
Scale: HO Scale
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for February 2015
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch to run a new HO scale GP40-2 from Athearn Trains that comes equipped with a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. He’ll show you other […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for February 2015
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch to run a new HO scale GP40-2 from Athearn Trains that comes equipped with a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. He’ll show you other […]
Video: Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher
The Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the locomotive model in action as it hauls freight trains on the Model Railroader staff’s layout. […]
Video: Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher
The Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher features an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the locomotive model in action as it hauls freight trains on the Model Railroader staff’s layout. […]
Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher
Atlas HO scale Alco S-2 diesel switcher With a metallic fluttering sound of pistons and turbocharger, Atlas’ Alco S-2 chattered to life on the test track. All that was missing was a belch of smoke as the locomotive started to creep forward tie by tie. The dual-mode ESU LokSound Select sound decoder adds a pleasing […]
Rivarossi HO scale Blue Ridge 2-6-6-6 steam locomotive
The engineer’s side of the Blue Ridge shows the HO scale model’s many separately applied detail parts Famous as Alleghenies on the Chesapeake & Ohio, Lima-built 2-6-6-6 simple articulated steam locomotives also ran on the Virginian Ry. Rivarossi added a newly tooled tender to its HO scale 2-6-6-6 to more accurately reflect the Virginian Blue […]
Quick Look: Athearn HO scale rotary snowplow and B unit
Price: $84.98 to $86.98 Manufacturer: Athearn Trains 1600 Forbes Way, Suite 120 Long Beach, CA 90810 www.athearn.com Era: 1950 to present Road names: Burlington Northern; Alaska RR; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Canadian National; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Milwaukee Road; New York Central Comments: Another round of Athearn rotary snowplows is ready to keep HO […]
Moloco HO scale insulated boxcar
A new run of HO scale General American 50-foot insulated boxcars is available from Moloco. These ready-to-run cars feature centered 10-foot doors (the previous run had offset doors); separately applied ladders, stirrup steps, and door hardware; and a cushioned underframe. General American, building on the success of its 50-foot insulated boxcars constructed in the 1950s, […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for January 2015
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy New Year from Cody’s Office! There are many great new model railroading products to kick off 2015 including new HO scale diesels from Athearn, Rapido Trains/MLW, and Walthers as well as a new N scale FEF-3 steam locomotive from Kato USA. Kalmbach […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for January 2015
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy New Year from Cody’s Office! There are many great new model railroading products to kick off 2015 including new HO scale diesels from Athearn, Rapido Trains/MLW, and Walthers as well as a new N scale FEF-3 steam locomotive from Kato USA. Kalmbach […]
DCC Programming: episode 13 – Basics of Back EMF
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, host Dana Kawala explains Back-Electro-Motive-Force (Back EMF) control and how it functions to aid performance on DCC-equipped locomotives. Dana demonstrates how this “cruise control” can be set and adjusted based on some specific ways you might operate […]
