Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader author Lou Sassi models the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes in On30 in western Maine. Check out trains running along the narrow gauge track and detailed scenes of this 7 x 16 foot model railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Come along with an MR Video Plus crew as they visit Perry Squier’s astonishing Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern HO scale layout, featured in the 2009 issue of Great Model Railroads magazine. Perry welcomes you into his basement for a guided tour over the main […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Come along with an MR Video Plus crew as they visit Perry Squier’s astonishing Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern HO scale layout, featured in the 2009 issue of Great Model Railroads magazine. Perry welcomes you into his basement for a guided tour over the main […]
The foam scenery base has been cut and roadbed and track are well underway in this installment of the Red Oak video series. MR Video Plus producer David Popp will also discuss the Peco code 55 track and turnouts that he used on the project layout. Associate editor Cody Grivno describes the progress he’s made […]
The Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak layout features many interesting structures built from wood and plastic kits. Associate editor Steve Otte shows some of the structure highlights on the layout and provides some painting tips. Editor Neil Besougloff also plugs in a power pack and runs the Zephyr passenger train to test out […]
The foam scenery base has been cut and roadbed and track are well underway in this installment of the Red Oak video series. MR Video Plus producer David Popp will also discuss the Peco code 55 track and turnouts that he used on the project layout. Associate editor Cody Grivno describes the progress he’s made […]
The Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak layout features many interesting structures built from wood and plastic kits. Associate editor Steve Otte shows some of the structure highlights on the layout and provides some painting tips. Editor Neil Besougloff also plugs in a power pack and runs the Zephyr passenger train to test out […]
Recently Jason Shron of Rapido Trains visited the Model Railroader offices. Jason was kind enough to bring some of Rapido’s new Amtrak F40PH diesels and Canadian mill gondolas. Check out both new products as Jason runs trains with Model Railroader associate editor, Cody Grivno. […]
Watch the Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 series HO scale SW1500 in action as it switches cars on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern shelf layout. The HO scale diesel-electric switcher features Digital Command Control and sound. […]
Originally published in Great Model Railroads 2007, this article by Bill Darnaby follows a way freight as it works its way eastbound on Bill’s HO scale Maumee Route. You’ll find a track plan and description of the operation of each town along train No. 20’s route. Follow a model train along the HO scale Maumee […]
In Model Railroad Planning 2015, Gary Hoover describes how he switched from modeling the Santa Fe in 1951 to modeling the Norfolk & Western in the mid-1950s. Gary’s fascination with the N&W goes back farther than that. In the May 1998 Model Railroader, Gary recreated several of O. Winston Link’s famous photos of the prototype […]
Over the last year, model railroader Andrew Dodge has gotten a lot done on his O fine scale (Proto:48) Colorado Midland. Read this article from Model Railroad Planning 2013 to learn how Andrew designed this 28 x 28-foot model railroad set in 1897 in western Colorado. Planning the O scale Colorado Midland […]
