How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 4 – The Snake Track Job

David Popp and Jenny Maaske in front of a model railroad.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s David Popp and Jenny Maaske are set to show you that realistic model railroad operation has never been easier to learn and enjoy! Using Model Railroader magazine’s all-new HO scale Beer Line layout extension as their “gameboard,” the two team up to […]

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How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 5 – The Afternoon Beer Train

Beer Line layout track set.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page There’s just one more job to run on Model Railroader magazine’s all-new HO scale Beer Line layout extension. In this final episode of our operations mini-series, MRVP’s David Popp and MR’s Eric White walk you through the duties that come with running The […]

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How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 5 – The Afternoon Beer Train

Beer Line layout track set.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   There’s just one more job to run on Model Railroader magazine’s all-new HO scale Beer Line layout extension. In this final episode of our operations mini-series, MRVP’s David Popp and MR’s Eric White walk you through the duties that come with running […]

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Operating sequence table for Mackenzieville Yard and Glendale Junction

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Mackenzieville Yard & Glendale Junction is a compact N scale layout based on the Reading Co. in Pennsylvania during the early 1970s. The layout was featured in Model Railroad Planning 2017. Check out the operating sequence that the layout owner and builder Ian Mackenzie Wilson uses to run the railroad. […]

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How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 1 – Getting ready for operations

HO scale Beer Line layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout […]

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How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 2 – Setting cars for the first session

boxcar on the HO scale Beer Line layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]

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How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 3 – The Morning Yard Job

freight train on the HO scale Beer Line layout

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]

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How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 1 – Getting ready for operations

HO scale Beer Line layout

Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout to share the preparations, processes, and common practices for an operating session […]

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