This HOn30 Narrow Gauge Coal Mine Railroad measures 24″ x 56″. The layout is constructed of 1″ thick extruded foam insulation board; there was no wood used anywhere. It is very light in weight. The locomotive is an old N scale Lifelike SW switcher for which I scratchbuilt a new cab to fit over the […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow an executive special train as it tours the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. Highlights of the MR&T include many scenes that have appeared in the magazine over the years, as well as project model railroads, such […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Follow an executive special train as it tours the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. Highlights of the MR&T include many scenes that have appeared in the magazine over the years, as well as project model railroads, such […]
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Baltimore & Ohio train no. 722 heading to D. Lee Coal Co. with a train of empty hoppers. Video shot by Dale Ridgeway […]
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Work progresses on Steve Tello’s Boston & Maine Lowell NH Line. Middlesex Junction was a service yard for B&M passenger cars and locomotive up through the early 1960s. Steve is modeling a compressed version of Middlesex, including 4 arrival/departure tracks, a buggy track, coal conveyor (B&M tore down the Coal Tower in the early ’50s), […]
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Using an Arduino IR LED and Phototransistor, we detect an approaching train and start the level crossing flashers. Gates and bells are coming soon! […]
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This video highlights the action of the Elizabeth Yard Turn job on Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern model railroad. Check out Thomas’ article, “Modeling a compact diesel service terminal,” in the January 2017 Model Railroader. In the article, Thomas describes how he modeled the fueling, sanding and servicing structures. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Scale Rails of Southwest Florida Model Railroad Club has an HO scale model train layout that’s set in California and Colorado from 1955 to 1965. The club also has a freelanced N scale layout where steam locomotives share the rails with modern-era […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Scale Rails of Southwest Florida Model Railroad Club has an HO scale model train layout that’s set in California and Colorado from 1955 to 1965. The club also has a freelanced N scale layout where steam locomotives share the rails with modern-era […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Terry B. Ketcham gives you a walking tour of his multilevel model train layout, the HO scale West Virginia & Southern Ry. The Appalachian scenery and industries are inspired by the Norfolk & Western Ry. of the 1950s. You’ll also see some of […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Terry B. Ketcham gives you a walking tour of his multilevel model train layout, the HO scale West Virginia & Southern Ry. The Appalachian scenery and industries are inspired by the Norfolk & Western Ry. of the 1950s. You’ll also see some […]
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