The Model Railroader staff is working on the Bay Junction project layout. Managing editor David Popp runs track through the backdrop for the Kelly Appliance factory while associate editor Steve Otte is building shallow interior shadow boxes for the town. […]
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The Model Railroader staff continues to work on the Bay Junction HO scale project model train layout. Managing editor David Popp fastens down new plywood for the base of the new town coming in, senior editor Jim Hediger is completing the finishing touches of the moveable step, and editor Neil Besougloff is painting the roof […]
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Work continues on the Model Railroader Bay Junction project. Senior editor Jim Hediger made a mockup of the appliance factory as managing editor David Popp gets ready to lower the benchwork under the industries. Executive editor Andy Sperandeo installed the culvert, and editor Neil Besougloff adds the finishing touches to the Williams Bay depot. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week Cody’s Office come to you from the Model Railroader workshop, as associate editor Cody Grivno helps test our new webcam. Cody took a break from his projects to interview editorial associate Eric Stelpflug as well as Classic Toy Trains senior editor […]
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First we spray weeds and other things with MTH’s UP Weed Sprayer. Next the call goes out to transport the snow removal train up into the mountains where an imaginary snow has fouled the tracks. See the Lionel jet powered snow blower as well as an MTH Jordan Spreader. A fast freight pulled by MTH’s […]
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A North Star commuter train waits at the end of the line, Big Lake, Minn, before its return trip to Minneapolis on April 10, 2010. Photo by Rick Johnson […]
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A southbound Norfolk & Western freight train approaches the Southern Railway junction at Front Royal, Va., in this undated photo. The junction here will become a key connection when N&W and Southern merge to form the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
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Model Railroader editor Neil Besougloff builds a stable base for the Williams Bay depot on the Bay Junction HO scale model train layout. The depot is kitbashed from Walthers and Atlas parts. Neil will also use a piece of Woodland Scenics roadbed to simulate the depot’s asphalt parking lot. Associate editor Steve Otte shows you […]
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The Model Railroader staff starts work on the Bay Junction HO scale project model train layout. Managing editor David has removed some of the old scenery and fascia. Editor Neil Besougloff and associate editor Cody Grivno keep busy in the workshop with structure projects. […]
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The old track has been removed and the new fascia is up on the Bay Junction HO scale project model train layout. Senior editor Jim Hediger shows how he’s making a moveable step so the Model Railroader staff can easily work on the back of the layout and editor Neil Besougloff shows his kitbashing progress […]
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Beginning in the January 2011 issue you’ll see the latest Model Railroader project layout, the HO scale Bay Junction on the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. We built this modern junction town as part of our MR&T club layout, but we’ll show you how you can build the railroad as a standalone island or shelf layout. […]
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One of the things that helped make Atlanta “Hotlanta,” during the Civil War was the United States Military Railroad. […]
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