Check out the progress that’s been made on Dean Ferris’ N scale Oregon Joint Line layout. […]
Oregon Joint Line updated layout tour
Scale: N Scale
Oregon Joint Line updated layout tour
Check out the progress that’s been made on Dean Ferris’ N scale Oregon Joint Line layout. […]
Broadway Limited Imports EMD SD402 in N scale
The N scale SD40-2 packs a lot under the shell, including a lighted cab interior and working ditch lights. We disassembled a Union Pacific version for the photo above. Broadway Limited Imports continues to roll out N scale locomotives equipped with its Paragon3 Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder with Rolling Thunder. The latest addition […]
New model railroad products for the week of March 14, 2019
HO scale locomotives Norfolk Southern SD60E diesel locomotive. GoRail (one road number), Honoring First Responders (one number), and thoroughbred scheme (six numbers). Prototype-specific details; light-emitting-diode headlights, deck-mounted ditch lights, number boxes, and ground lights above front truck; and detailed cab interior. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector for Digital Command Control decoder, $219.98; with dual-mode […]
N scale Monolith Valley
Check out this video of Giorgio Calzoni’s N scale Monolith Valley RR in Bologna, Italy. […]
N scale Monolith Valley
Check out this video of Giorgio Calzoni’s N scale Monolith Valley RR in Bologna, Italy. […]
New model trains for the week of March 7, 2019
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail (blue in three road numbers, Reading Co. patchout in two numbers); CSX (dark blue and yellow, three numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western (black and orange); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange); Grand Trunk Western (red, white, and blue); Reading Co. (green and yellow, three numbers); and […]
New model trains for the week of February 28, 2019
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. GP38: Conrail (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one road number, blue with white sill stripe in two numbers) and Bangor & Aroostook (dark blue and gray). GP40: Georgia RR […]
Model Rectifier Corp. acquired by parent company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale
VSA Inc., the Lincoln, Neb.-based parent company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale, recently acquired Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) of Edison, N.J. Model Rectifier Corp. will operate as a sister company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale. Akiko Kimura will be president of MRC and Donald Boyce will serve as executive vice president. Model Rectifier will continue to produce […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Lessons Learned
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final episode of our Canadian Canyons N scale (1:160) layout construction series, David Popp and Drew Halverson highlight the efforts, successes, and shortcomings over the last year of planning and assembling the model railroad introduced in the January 2019 issue of […]
Canadian Canyons Series: Lessons Learned
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this final episode of our Canadian Canyons N scale (1:160) layout construction series, David Popp and Drew Halverson highlight the efforts, successes, and shortcomings over the last year of planning and assembling the model railroad introduced in the January 2019 issue of […]
Ask MRVP: Episode 40
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ask MRVP host David Popp gets back to the task of answering your specific questions! In this episode, he tackles topics related to DCC wiring, layout planning, applying static grass, and many other inquiries from MRVP subscribers. […]
