Valentine’s Day gift guide With Valentine’s Day coming up, you may be at a loss when it comes to buying a gift for that special someone. Chocolates and flowers are blasé. Dinner and a movie? Sure, but that only lasts a few hours. A mixtape? Come on, it’s 2024, making a Spotify playlist takes seconds. […]
Facts & features Name: Ashville Lumber Co.Scale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 6 x 8 feet (three 2 x 4-foot sections)Prototype: freelancedLocale: southeastern United StatesEra: 1940sStyle: shelfMainline run: 20 feetMinimum radius: 18″Minimum turnout: Atlas No. 4Maximum grade: 3.5%Benchwork: open grid Height: 45″ to 49″Roadbed: Studio Décor mat board Track: code 83 flextrackScenery: extruded-foam insulation board and papier-mâché Backdrop: […]
Facts & features Name: Albuquerque Division Third DistrictScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 50 x 50 feetPrototype: Santa FeLocale: ArizonaEra: 1953Style: double deckMainline run: 600 feetMinimum radius: 48″Minimum turnout: No. 6Maximum grade: 1%Benchwork: tabletop on wall bracketsHeight: 40″ to 56″Roadbed: plywood spline and 3⁄4″ plywood plus HomasoteTrack: code 83 flextrack (main), code 55 and 70 (elsewhere)Scenery: HydrocalBackdrop: tempered […]
A line of Pullman-Standard Southern Pacific Lines 40’-6” postwar boxcars is now available from Tangent Scale Models. Designed from PS blueprints and field measurements of full-size cars, the HO scale models include prototype-specific details, new American Steel Foundries 50-ton A-3 Ride Control trucks, and Kadee scale couplers. The prototype Many railroads looked to improve their […]
In our latest Product Review video, we’ll head down to the quarry on our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy staff layout to see the Broadway Limited Imports HO EMD GP30 in action. Join Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno as he shares a brief history of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 2710; points out the […]
In our latest Product Review video, we’ll head down to the quarry on our Milwaukee, Racine & Troy staff layout to see the Broadway Limited Imports HO EMD GP30 in action. Join Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno as he shares a brief history of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 2710; points out the […]
Spaces to Places V: A new path to the underpass In the previous episode of Spaces to Places, host Gerry Leone got sidetracked from his efforts to build out a highway underpass. But his attention to accommodating a yard ladder will pay off when it comes to shaping up a more desired space for the […]
News & Products for the week of February 5th 2024 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of February 5th […]
Spaces to Places V: A new path to the underpass In the previous episode of Spaces to Places, host Gerry Leone got sidetracked from his efforts to build out a highway underpass. But his attention to accommodating a yard ladder will pay off when it comes to shaping up a more desired space for the […]
What was your first train set (or locomotive)? Like so many other modelers, I started with Lionel trains. As a young child, both of my grandparents’ homes had a Lionel train layout in the basement. I naturally assumed that a Lionel train set was a standard part of every home’s basement. When visiting other relatives […]
Model Railroader After Hours | February 1st, 2024. After Hours is an informal livestream hosted by Trains.com staff members… after the “work” of the day is done, there’s aways something else fun! Host David Popp chugs along with efforts on his and various other N scale T-Trak modules, but he takes a moment to relax […]
Model Railroader After Hours | February 1st, 2024. After Hours is an informal livestream hosted by Trains.com staff members… after the “work” of the day is done, there’s aways something else fun! Host David Popp chugs along with efforts on his and various other N scale T-Trak modules, but he takes a moment to relax […]
