Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jerry Mickey’s Bear Creek Railroad, a basement-filling O scale (three-rail) layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hal Miller hosts another “single-stall” edition of The Roundhouse with guest Andy Sperandeo, former editor of Model Railroader magazine. This time the conversation focuses on the late John Armstrong, a prolific MR contributor who was regarded as “The Dean of Layout Design”. Hal […]
For his second day in the Denver area, host Drew Halverson explores more of the Front Range, before returning to other railroad sites in the Mile-High City. Drew also joins pal Mike Danneman for stops at the recently-renovated Denver Union Station and an extra special ride on the Colorado Railroad Museum’s K-37 steam locomotive. […]
Host Drew Halverson ventures to Denver, Colo., home of his beloved Broncos. But more importantly, it’s the starting point for UP’s Moffat Route over the Continental Divide. Good pal Mike Danneman leads the MRVP crew out of the city and into the Front Range for a day of dramatic views and action along the curvaceous, […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Jenny Maaske shares what’s coming to the website during the week of February 9th. In between running “little” trains on MR’s N scale Red Oak layout, Jenny talks briefly with David Popp about the layout’s DCC system installation, which was captured for […]
Stand next to Trains‘ Steve Sweeney with video from Cass Scenic Railroad’s annual railfan weekend in 2014. Steve caught Cass’ Heisler No. 6 hauling a short freight, a triple-headed Shay consist, and the grand parade of steam. See steam railroading at its best, in the West Virginia mountains, only from Trains! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This month associate editor Cody Grivno heads down to the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch to run a new HO scale GP40-2 from Athearn Trains that comes equipped with a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. He’ll show you other […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy New Year from Cody’s Office! There are many great new model railroading products to kick off 2015 including new HO scale diesels from Athearn, Rapido Trains/MLW, and Walthers as well as a new N scale FEF-3 steam locomotive from Kato USA. Kalmbach […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of DCC Programming, host Dana Kawala explains Back-Electro-Motive-Force (Back EMF) control and how it functions to aid performance on DCC-equipped locomotives. Dana demonstrates how this “cruise control” can be set and adjusted based on some specific ways you might operate […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this “single-stall” edition of The Roundhouse, host Hal Miller welcomes Model Railroader magazine contributing editor Tony Koester to the table to chat about this friend, pioneering model railroader Allen McClelland, and his multiple Virginian & Ohio HO scale layouts. Although Allen no […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Rehab crew returns to Chuck Sable’s basement to take on his toughest layout challenge yet. Chuck and David Popp start in on a street lighting project, but quickly get sidetracked troubleshooting a pesky DCC issue. Cody “Two Brat” Grivno keeps his head […]
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 […]
