Take a tour of a live steam outdoor railroad club located in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area. The railroad accommodates a wide variety of trains fueled by coal, oil, propane, gasoline, and batteries. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Cinder Sniffers
Section: Series
Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 steam test
Editor Jim Wrinn captured this time lapse video on October 10, 2014, of a day’s work on the Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2. The locomotive, which has been out of service since 2000, is being worked on at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Eagle Mountain Garden Railroad
In this visit to Peggy and Gary Martin’s outdoor garden railway, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, you’ll see large scale trains in a distinctly southwestern desert setting. […]
MR Insider Weekly: September 29, 2014
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MR Insider Weekly for September 29, 2014, takes you to Rochelle, Ill., where Drew Halverson, host of Drew’s Trackside Adventures, meets up with Brian Schmidt of Trains magazine. Drew and Brian share insights from the recent installation of a webcam at the Rochelle […]
Testing on the ‘T’
Join Tyler Trahan for a video tour showing how Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority crews test and re-test new Hyundai Rotem cars to make sure they meet all safety tests. Only from Trains! […]
DCC Programming: episode 11 – manual notching
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Modern sound decoders have made it possible for your model locomotives to sound just like the real thing. In this episode, DCC Programming Series host Dana Kawala shares a few ways to tweak the sound effects to further enhance the realistic operation of […]
Rehab My Railroad: Special Episode – local hobby shop stop
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Rehab My Railroad effort is off to a quick start! But before David Popp and Cody Grivno can resume work, host Drew Halverson and layout owner Chuck Sable make an essential re-supply run to a local hobby shop. In this FREE, ALL-ACCESS […]
Rehab My Railroad: Episode 1
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page To get the series started, show host Drew Halverson introduces you to layout owner Chuck Sable and his HO scale basement setup. Top-notch modelers David Popp and Cody Grivno waste no time jumping into rehab work, with the first targets being a simple […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 19 – Rochelle, Illinois
Looking for a safe, pleasant, and fully accessible spot to watch a parade of Union Pacific and BNSF trains? Drew and the MRVP Crew find just the place amidst Illinois cornfields, but not without making an adventure out of their drive from Waukesha, Wis., to Rochelle, Ill. While en route, Drew encounters trains dashing to/from […]
MR Insider Weekly: September 15, 2014
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Jenny Maaske bails out of fridge-cleaning duty to see what Cody Grivno is preparing for his next Video Step by Step on MR Video Plus. Cody gives Jenny a peek at the in-depth N scale locomotive weathering project that’s even more extraordinary […]
MR Insider Weekly: September 8, 2014
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page A brand-new series, Rehab My Railroad, is set to debut this week on MR Video Plus! In this week’s MR Insider, David Popp talks with layout owner Chuck Sable and show host Drew Halverson about some of the projects the how-to series will […]
MR Insider Weekly: August 25, 2014
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This week on MR Insider, Drew Halverson stops by the MR&T HO scale layout to see what Dana Kawala and Ben Lake have set for the latest MR/MRVP Product Review. Dana shares some of the preparations he makes before demonstrating a locomotive on […]
