How to add coupler box screws to an Athearn freight car

Adding a coupler screw

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Press-fit coupler boxes can cause couplers to droop or even fall off. In this Expert Tip video, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to secure the coupler boxes on Athearn Trains freight car models with screws. For this project Cody […]

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How to add coupler box screws to an Athearn freight car

Adding a coupler screw

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Press-fit coupler boxes can cause couplers to droop or even fall off. In this Expert Tip video, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to secure the coupler boxes on Athearn Trains freight car models with screws. For this project Cody […]

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Demonstration of Sergent HO scale operating couplers

Hand uncoupling two pieces of rolling stock with tool

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out this demo of Sergent HO scale operating couplers. Expert model railroader Pelle Søeborg uses operating couplers made by Sergent Engineering. To uncouple cars, an operator holds a magnetic wand over the coupler. Pelle demonstrates the Sergent couplers installed on a freight […]

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Model Railroader basic training video: How to install plaster cloth

Adding plaster cloth to scenery

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Hills and mountains are a dramatic feature on any model railroad. Learn how to use plaster cloth, a common model railroading product, to make the landscape on your model train layout. […]

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Canadian National Fenelon Falls, Ontario depot drawings

MRRLC0912_AFenelonstation

During a family vacation several years ago, I photographed the former Canadian National Ry. Fenelon Falls, Ont., station. This building stands on a now abandoned 55-mile-long rural branch line that once connected the town of Lindsay to Haliburton. The station houses an art gallery and now has board-and-batten sheathing. However, I’ve found several old pictures […]

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How to make Hydrocal rock castings for model railroad scenery

Pouring Hydrocal into a rubber rock mold

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Hydrocal is a useful material for modeling scenery on a model train layout. Follow along and learn how to pour Hydrocal into rock molds to make cliffs and rockfaces for model railroad scenery. […]

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