Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ask and you shall receive…a response from MR Video Plus, that is! That’s the basic premise for the all-new Ask MRVP show hosted by David Popp. For each episode, we’ll cull through the comments, questions, tips, and suggestions you’ve left after viewing recent […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page DCC Programming host Dana Kawala talks a bit about testing DCC decoders before you install one into a model railroad locomotive. Dana first explains why that’s a good practice to follow, and then he demonstrates a number of handy decoder testers that make […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller welcomes former Model Railroader magazine executive editor Andy Sperandeo to the table to share his first-hand recollections of legendary model railroader John Allen and his spectacular Gorre & Daphetid HO scale layout. Settle into your easy chair and enjoy Andy’s […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this first ever Roundhouse/History According to Hediger mash-up, Hal talks to senior editor Jim Hediger about a wide array of interests from his 43-year tenure at Model Railroader magazine, the leading publication in the hobby. Jim references how he landed an interview […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page All good things must come to an end. In this Season One finale, David and Cody tidy up the last few schnibbles of their projects on Chuck Sable’s HO scale layout. There’s also time to recap what the crew has accomplish. Of equal […]
Kato analog sound controller Sound brings a new level of fun to a model railroad, but what’s a modeler to do if he doesn’t want to convert to Digital Command Control? Kato USA offers one solution with its Sound Box analog sound controller. With this device attached to a direct-current power pack, a modeler at […]
Bachmann N scale 2-8-4 steam locomotive A late-era Super Power steamer joins the Bachmann Sound Value line with this N scale 2-8-4. All the models feature roadname-specific detailing; our review sample is decorated and detailed as Chesapeake & Ohio no. 2760. Developed with SoundTraxx, the Sound Value decoder installed in the model operates on direct-current […]
Rapido Trains HO scale 52′-6″ mill gondola Price: $44.95; six-pack, $269.70 Manufacturer Rapido Trains, in association with MLW 500 Alden Rd., Unit 16 Markham, ON L3R 5H5 www.rapidotrains.com Era: 1965 to 1999 (as decorated) Road names: Canadian Pacific; CP Rail; Canadian National (two schemes); and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Comments: A new run of Canadian-specific […]
Tangent Scale Models HO scale 8,000-gallon acid tank car Price: $44.95 (R-T-R, decorated or undecorated), $37.95 (undecorated kit) Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models P.O. Box 6514 Asheville, NC 28816 www.tangentscalemodels.com Era: 1949 into the 1980s Paint schemes: (4 road numbers each, all GATX reporting marks) DOW Chemical Co. (1953 black scheme with bright yellow graphics), 1952+ […]
This video shows the latest progress on my GNRR model railroad layout, including detailing the locomotive service facility, new DOW chemical facility, and photo backdrops for Etowah River and Highway 53. […]
A video description of the features on my HO layout. It includes a working coal loader that runs loads to the two coaling towers on the layout. It is a prototypical depiction of the C&O and Loup Creek Branch Line interchange at Thurmond, West Virginia. It is an around-the-wall, shelf-style layout in a 10×12 bedroom. […]
Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH, Göppingen, Germany, and their North American subsidiary Märklin, Inc. are pleased to announce the addition of Heartland Hobby Wholesale as distributor for Märklin, Trix and LGB electric model trains and accessories in North America. Heartland Hobby Wholesale, founded in 1993 in Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of the largest distributors of […]
