Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You’ve seen Paul Dolkos’ meticulous work featured in the December 2015 and January 2016 issues of Model Railroader magazine. In this MR Video Plus exclusive layout visit, you’ll now have the chance to tour his entire 17 x 29-foot Baltimore Harbor District HO […]
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You’ve seen Paul Dolkos’ meticulous work featured in the December 2015 and January 2016 issues of Model Railroader magazine. In this MR Video Plus exclusive layout visit, you’ll now have the chance to tour his entire 17 x 29-foot Baltimore Harbor District HO scale layout! Join Paul as he guides you around the operating model […]
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Visit the N, HO, and large scale layouts built and operated by the Cedar Creek Central Railroad Club in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]
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Six weeks of construction in under three minutes; how I built the portable N scale Thompson River Canyon layout in honor of my brother-in-law, who died in October 2014 (before he could create his own version of this iconic Canadian location). […]
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Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg joined associate editor Cody Grivno and other Model Railroader staff members at the 2015 National Train Show in Portland, Ore. Check out highlights from the show, including interviews with several hobby manufacturers debuting new locomotives, rolling stock, and more at the show. […]
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Here is a video that I created of my HO scale layout after shooting some action on the mainline with my Samsung Galaxy. The Rapido Route layout is based on Canadian National and VIA Rail livery operations during the late 1970s and 1980s during a time when I had the opportunity to ride the prototypes […]
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Using a SoundTraxx Econami ECO-100 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder and cell phone speaker, modeler Kris Boultbee added sound to his Arnold N scale SW1 diesel switcher. Check out this demo of the locomotive in action on Kris’ model railroad. […]
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Mini-Gotham is an O-scale skyscraper metropolis complete with subways, El train, trolley and regional rail, both freight and passenger. I combined the tour of the layout with an adventure story about a cat the size of King Kong. Mini-Gotham is located in my apartment in Brooklyn, New York. […]
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This video depicts a fictional journey of a Baldwin 4-6-0 steam locomotive, also known as a “Ten Wheeler,” going once around my free-lanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Railway. This class of ten wheeler was originally built circa 1891. The video uses the fiction of the loco having been acquired by the Susquehanna […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model railroader Rick Stern built a 30 x 48-foot freelanced HO scale model train layout that’s inspired by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. and a Southern California setting. Rick models the steam-to-diesel transition era so there’s plenty of steam- and diesel-led […]
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