Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing Editor Andy Sperandeo returns to Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale layout to share proper model railroad operating techniques for our cameras. In this MRVP exclusive video, he recruits Cody Grivno to demonstrate how to use hand signals, a topic addressed in Andy’s […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment of the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jim Munns’ Chicago & North Western Ry. HO scale layout set in Wisconsin during the mid-1950s. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment of the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jim Munns’ Chicago & North Western Ry. HO scale layout set in Wisconsin during the mid-1950s. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that you’ve toured his multiple-deck HO scale layout, the Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Division, Tony Koester welcomes you back to glimpse how it operates! In this MR Video Plus exclusive video, viewers get to walk the aisles with Tony and his […]
Now that you’ve toured his multiple-deck HO scale layout, the Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Division, Tony Koester welcomes you back to glimpse how it operates! In this MR Video Plus exclusive video, viewers get to walk the aisles with Tony and his crew as they engage in typical operations on this world-renowned model railroad. […]
Model Railroader readers first encountered a track plan designed by John Armstrong in 1952. John became popular, and dozens of his designs were published in magazines and books, earning him the title “dean of track planners.” He died in 2004. John’s style was fully “out of the box” for the time. You might wonder if […]
In the December 2014 Model Railroader, Seth Neumann and Chris Drone wrote an article about using radio-frequency identification (RFID) and a computer to track rolling stock and new possibilities for operation. Prototype railroads have been using scanning technology since the late 1960s. Automatic Car Identification (ACI) used an optical reader and a color-coded plate to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul B. Scoles was an inspired modeler with remarkable talents. This video showcases his freelance Sn3 (narrow gauge) layout set in coastal northern California in 1895. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul B. Scoles was an inspired modeler with remarkable talents. This video showcases his freelance Sn3 (narrow gauge) layout set in coastal northern California in 1895. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This Tracks Ahead layout visit highlights Bill Kachel’s HO scale depiction of the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad running under catenary between New York City and Pittsburgh. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This Tracks Ahead layout visit highlights Bill Kachel’s HO scale depiction of the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad running under catenary between New York City and Pittsburgh. […]
Here’s a video of realistic uncoupling techniques for model trains using dual magnets on my Lehigh Valley RR layout. Video shot by Chuck Davis […]
