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Bachmann HO scale USRA 0-6-0 steam locomotive This product is worth the little money you spend! That’s probably the reason why Bachmann put this product in their train sets. This model has handrails and plastic whistles and bells and e-z mate couplers. It costs around 50 to 30 dollars depending on where you buy it. […]
Walthers Gold Line series HO scale Trinity RD-4 coal hopper six-pack I recently purchased a pack of Walthers Goldline RD4 Coal Hoppers in BNSF (Power Bar) livery. The pack contains six highly detailed Trinity coal Hoppers. The model is well made with good weight to the hopper car. Each car in the pack has a […]
Name: Red Rock Green River Layout designer: Bill Iwan Scale: On21⁄2 (1:48, 30″ gauge) Size: 10 x 20 feet Theme: Freelanced Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern Locale: New Mexico and Colorado Era: 1940s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 80 feet Minimum radius: 28″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 0.95 percent Originally […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model broken glass in an abandoned building. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to weather with makeup sponges […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Good electrical connections are key to a smooth running model railroad, and one way to help achieve this is with feeder wires. In this basic training video you’ll learn how to attach feeder wires to the rails of model railroad track. […]
The wiring is just about finished on the Bay Junction project layout. Managing editor David Popp shows you how to power turnout frogs. On this model railroad we’re using Peco track and turnouts and running trains with Digital Command Control (DCC). David has also installed a Tam Valley Depot Hex Frog Juicer and will describe […]
Model Railroader senior editor Jim Hediger finished Kelly Appliance Co. and installed the structure on the Bay Junction layout. Managing editor David Popp and Editor Neil Besougloff work on the scenery base. On the other side of the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, associate editor Cody Grivno is working on another scene, a feed mill that […]
Lots of progress has been made on the Model Railroader staff’s HO scale Bay Junction project layout. Associate editor Cody Grivno is working on ballasting track, including the interchange yard. Editor Neil Besougloff shows you how he painted the parking lot for his station. Associate editor Steve Otte describes his method for paving the streets […]
HO scale locomotives U.S. Military RR General Haupt 4-4-0 steam locomotive. Faulhaber-type coreless motor, operating headlight and firebox light, and electrical pickups on all tender wheels. Price to be announced. Late 2011. Ready-to-run. Eight-Wheeler Models, eightwheelermodels.com ExactRail LLC HO scale 48-foot depressed-center flatcar HO scale freight cars 48-foot depressed-center flatcar. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; […]
Walthers HO scale Union Pacific EMD E8 diesel locomotives Over the last year we’ve collected all the cars in the Walthers HO scale Union Pacific Streamliner series, and we now have matching Electro-Motive Division E8A and B units to haul them. The Proto 2000 EMD E8 was first reviewed in the April 1994 Model Railroader. […]
Kato USA Inc. N scale GE ES44AC diesel locomotive Now is a great time to model a modern-era main line in N scale. Manufacturers are producing well-detailed N scale models of Electro-Motive and General Electric six-axle locomotives, including this GE ES44AC from Kato USA. The model runs well on a DC layout and can be […]
