Recently Jason Shron of Rapido Trains visited the Model Railroader offices. Jason was kind enough to bring some of Rapido’s new Amtrak F40PH diesels and Canadian mill gondolas. Check out both new products as Jason runs trains with Model Railroader associate editor, Cody Grivno. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail; Delaware & Hudson; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one number or orange scheme); Missouri-Kansas-Texas; and Soo Line (Milwaukee Road “bandit” scheme). Four road numbers per scheme unless noted. Road-number-specific details, wire grab irons, and Celcon handrails. Direct-current model, $169.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx […]
Watch the Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 series HO scale SW1500 in action as it switches cars on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern shelf layout. The HO scale diesel-electric switcher features Digital Command Control and sound. […]
Originally published in Great Model Railroads 2007, this article by Bill Darnaby follows a way freight as it works its way eastbound on Bill’s HO scale Maumee Route. You’ll find a track plan and description of the operation of each town along train No. 20’s route. Follow a model train along the HO scale Maumee […]
In Model Railroad Planning 2015, Gary Hoover describes how he switched from modeling the Santa Fe in 1951 to modeling the Norfolk & Western in the mid-1950s. Gary’s fascination with the N&W goes back farther than that. In the May 1998 Model Railroader, Gary recreated several of O. Winston Link’s famous photos of the prototype […]
Over the last year, model railroader Andrew Dodge has gotten a lot done on his O fine scale (Proto:48) Colorado Midland. Read this article from Model Railroad Planning 2013 to learn how Andrew designed this 28 x 28-foot model railroad set in 1897 in western Colorado. Planning the O scale Colorado Midland […]
Long stretches of elevated main line gave the New York Central RR’s 30th Street Branch its High Line nickname. New York Central RR’s 30th Street Branch was known as the High Line because of its long stretch of elevated mainline track. Learn all about this interesting prototype railroad in the article below originally published in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Show host Cody Grivno is on a mission to enhance a city scene on the MR&T HO scale layout. In this episode, he shows how to prepare and install multiple layers of printed photo-backdrops to give even a narrow scene a greater sense […]
Athearn Trains Ready-To-Roll HO scale EMD SW1500 diesel switchers News & Products for the week of January 8, 2015 HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SW1500 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Amtrak (phase 5 scheme in two road numbers), BNSF Ry. (post-2005 herald in one number or Heritage I), Conrail, and Norfolk Southern (River Street Rambler […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing Editor Andy Sperandeo returns to Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale layout to share proper model railroad operating techniques for our cameras. In this MRVP exclusive video, he recruits Cody Grivno to demonstrate how to use hand signals, a topic addressed in Andy’s […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page An HO scale CF7 from Athearn and N scale freight cars from Atlas and Micro-Trains are among the new products that arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to model seagulls using models […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment of the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jim Munns’ Chicago & North Western Ry. HO scale layout set in Wisconsin during the mid-1950s. […]
