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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Frank Henry Fieler’s HO scale Sandy Fork Lumber Co. is a freelanced HO scale model railroad that’s set in West Virginia in the 1960s. The layout is inspired by the Elk River Coal & Lumber Co. and other West Virginia logging railroads. Watch […]
It’s sugar beet season! Union Pacific has assigned its biggest, baddest motive power to haul a record crop to themarket. This is an Overland Models three-unit “Big Blow” gas turbine in HO scale that I modified with LED lighting, two QSI Titan decoders (one in the lead unit generating the diesel sounds, another in the […]
This unusual trio of Division Point brass D&RGW Krauss-Maffei ML-4000s is taking a trip around the club layout with a dynamometer car and freight consist in tow. Bringing up the rear is an OMI brass D&RGW caboose. I installed Loksound 4 decoders in each locomotive. Also, each locomotive require nine LEDs to make up the […]
Here’s a short demonstration showing how a DCC decoder with a Keep-Alive capacitor can help short wheel base locomotives get through complicated track work that they sometimes stall on. In this example, a TCS KAM4 decoder is installed in a Athearn SW1000 switcher. Operation of the switcher before and after installation is shown for comparison. […]
When Dan Malkiewicz turned from HO to S gauge trains, he kept as inspiration the work of one of the greatest HO modelers – John Allen and his layout, the Gorre & Daphetid. […]
Stan Trzoniec has been having great times with Lionel trains for six decades. Read about his earliest layouts in the May 2014 issue, and enjoy a video of his current layout below! […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 Theme: Maine Narrow gauge Description: My little SD Warren Engine, a 7/8″ scale modified Ruby, hauls some pulpwood on a snowy February day. This is the engine discussed in the October and December 2013 issues of Garden […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg provides more scenes from his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub model railroad. This video showcases the stunning desert and town scenery of this modern-era model train layout. Watch DCC sound equipped locomotives haul freight, coal, and intermodal trains. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg provides more scenes from his HO scale Union Pacific Daneville Sub model railroad. This video showcases the stunning desert and town scenery of this modern-era model train layout. Watch DCC sound equipped locomotives haul freight, coal, and intermodal trains. […]
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A Joe Works HOn30 Shay pulls a string of ore cars from the processing mill back to the mining district. The train will climb approximately 17″ from the mine site. The elevation is possible on the rugged 3′ x 7′ section of the layout by utilizing a helix on each end of this part of […]
The Union Pacific Railroad flirted with steam turbine power in the 1930’s and in1939, two experimental turbines, simply named no. 1 and no. 2 took to the rails. These two examples are brass units produced by Overland Models. I installed QSI Titan decoders in each unit and utilized a custom sound file for steam turbine […]
