In the December 2010 issue we chronicled the amazing Christmas display that Rich Cannistra constructs in the four weeks after Thanksgiving. Here are some additional photos that we didn’t have room for in the magazine. […]
The HO scale Little Joe electric locomotive from MTH Electric Trains features remote opening couplers, operating pantographs, and sound effects. The locomotive includes the MTH Digital Command System that runs on DCS, DCC, and DC layouts. See and hear the Little Joe run on our model train layout. […]
This upgraded Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive from Broadway Limited Imports includes the firm’s new Paragon2 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. The HO scale model also includes puffing smoke. Watch us run the locomotive on the Model Railroader club layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kip Grant’s HO scale layout is set in eastern New York in the early 1960s. In this video you’ll see trains running through superdetailed scenes. You can read more about Kip’s Delaware & Hudson HO layout in Great Model Railroads 2011. […]
After watching this video, be sure to check out his other clips, especially the one titled “Special Effects” that highlights the computerized special effects on his layout which include sunset, stars, cricket sounds, a storm with wind, rain, lightening and thunder, fog, sunrise, and chirping birds […]
Modeler Rick Wright never quits pushing himself to greater heights in the hobby. In the November 2000 issue we showcased his beautiful O gauge hi-rail layout. Ten years later we are privileged to show you the updated version. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader managing editor David Popp shows how to make a Plexiglass safety fence for your train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate editor Cody Grivno shows you some of the latest new products to arrive in the Model Railroader offices, including the new Digital Command Control (DCC) sound equipped Paragon2 Baldwin Centipede in HO scale from Broadway Limited Imports. Cody will also demonstrate how […]
Led by a new MP36PH-3C, a MARC commuter trains curves past the historic depot at Point of Rocks, Md., on its afternoon run from Washington, D.C., to Brunswick, Md., June 10, 2010. Photo by Alex Mayes […]
Three Union Pacific diesels muscle a southbound intermodal train under classic Southern Pacific searchlight signals near Mojave, Calif., on Sept. 3, 2010. In the background are the Tehachapi Mountains, site of one of the world’s most impressive railroad crossings of a mountain range. Photo by William Steck […]
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Two Wisconsin & Southern MP15s switch the MillerCoors brewery on July 1, 2010. The lead unit’s heritage is unmistakable, thanks to the Milwaukee Road lettering and “bandit” colors. Railroads and brewing propelled Milwaukee’s industrial might in the 20th century. Matt Van Hattem photo […]
