N scale Union Pacific Oregon Middle Division

NscaleUnionPacificOregonMiddleDivision

Name: Oregon Middle Division Layout owner: Gary Randall Scale: N (1:160) Size: 15 x 17 feet Prototype: freelance, based on Union Pacific Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: none specified Style: walk-in Mainline run: 150 feet Minimum radius: 16″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: L-girder with spline subroadbed Layout Height: 39″ to 42″ […]

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Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper

Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper

Spring Mills Depot HO wagontop hopper An AB brake system with metal piping highlights the details that include metal grab irons and plastic and metal ladders. The hopper is available in several different versions, including this early postwar scheme. The Baltimore & Ohio wagontop hoppers are rounded up and heading out. These transition-era covered hoppers […]

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WalthersMainline HO scale Plymouth ML-8

Walthers HO Plymouth ML-8

WalthersMainline HO Plymouth ML-8 switcher Small switchers, such as this Plymouth ML-8 modeled by Walthers, toiled away for decades at various trackside industries and railroad shops. The WalthersMainline model captures the look of its prototype “critter” and features impressive power for such a diminutive locomotive. The model is available in direct-current (DC) or Digital Command […]

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Athearn HO Southern Pacific EMD SD40

Athearn HO Southern Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive

Athearn HO Southern Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive The Southern Pacific SD40 features many prototype specific details and see-through fan grills. Second-generation diesel modelers looking for a heavy-duty six-axle road engine would do well to take a look at Athearn’s new Electro-Motive Division SD40. The model has prototype-specific details, wire grab irons, see-through fan grills, […]

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Dick Kitz’s Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz's Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz started this layout in 1970. It has been moved once to the present site. The primary railroad is Union Pacific, but he also has Southern Pacific. The railroad scenery is Colorado-based with narrow, as well as standard gauge. It’s in HO and HOn3, DCC. Most of the rail is hand-laid, although the newer […]

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Willow Creek Railroad – Operations: Local freights

the Willow Creek Railroad, an HO-scale 400-square-foot layout set in the early 1950s

This video is part of a planned series that highlights operations on the Willow Creek Railroad, an HO-scale 400-square-foot layout set in the early 1950s. This video describes and demonstrates the operations of Local Freight trains on the layout as we follow the work of the River Job Turn. Video by Rod Vance. […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 24

David Popp standing at a table in the Model Railroader workshop introducing a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Looks like show host David Popp (and the crew too) has a case of spring fever! What a perfect reason for this episode of Ask MRVP to venture into “wild” Wisconsin! This month, David tackles Q&As from the MR workshop, the aisles of […]

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Another N scale micro layout

N scale micro-layout project

Here is a time-lapse video of the construction of my latest N scale micro-layout project. The layout is a bit less than 24″ in diameter and features a track radius that averages around 9″. The track is ballasted and weathered Kato Unitrack, and the overall layout construction is foam insulation board on top of a […]

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HO scale Union Pacific Daneburg Subdivison

HOscaleUnionPacificDaneburgSubdivision

Name: Union Pacific Daneburg ­Subdivision Layout owner: Pelle Soeborg Scale: HO Size: 11 x 22 feet Prototype: Union Pacific Locale: Freelanced, based on eastern Nebraska and western Iowa Era: present-day Layout style: around the walls Mainline: 60 feet (excluding staging) Minimum radius: 33″ Track: flextrack: code 83 (main), 70 (sidings), and 55 (spurs) Turnouts: no. 6 […]

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