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Willow Creek Railroad Operations: Waverly Yard

This video describes the operations of Waverly Yard on the Willow Creek Railroad. The video focuses on the Yardmaster’s job in a typical operating session. Video by Rod Vance. […]

Boeing planes on a train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum

This video was shot during BNSF Days at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. The video features Boeing 737 fuselages and SkyBox cars. The entire train is from the collection of museum volunteer John Krueger. […]

Video: N scale Union Pacific Oregon Middle Division

model train pulled by a steam engine crossing a bridge

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Gary Randall’s N scale Oregon Middle Division fills a 15 x 17-foot space with the soaring scenery of the Pacific Northwest. Featured in the June 2017 Model Railroader, the layout features tall bridges and both steam and diesel trains. […]

Video: N scale Union Pacific Oregon Middle Division

Pacing the Empire Builder

Pacing GN’s Empire Builder westward through the Cascades and the City of Everett in Western Washington State, circa Spring of 1950 on Lee Marsh’s HO scale layout. […]

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. […]

Another N scale micro layout

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 […]

A layout of a Lionel lifetime

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HO scale White Road Forest shelf layout

“White Road Forest” is a small shelf layout in HO scale, inspired by a Class 3 branch line somewhere in the Upper Michigan area. Designed with portability in mind, it has nine modules with all the scenery detachable to improve easiness of storage. It features a two-track main line (loop) with one siding each, and […]

User video: Creating grades on your model railroad

In this video, modeler Steve Tello shares a simple technique for calculating and transferring grades onto your layout. […]

Athearn Genesis HO scale GE U50 diesel

Athearn Genesis General Electric U50 diesel

In this exclusive video review for Model Railroader, James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel demos the Athearn Genesis General Electric U50 diesel. This HO scale locomotive features a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear the locomotive model in action on James’ layout. […]