In this all-new MRVP series, watch and learn as David Popp walks you through, step-by-step, the full sequence for installing Digital Command Control on a large model railroad. To get things started, David first provides a quick overview of DCC starter systems, and then he gets to work adding a DCC power bus line under […]
Trains video contributor Kevin Gilliam takes us on a steam-and-smoke-filled look into one of North Carolina’s tourist gems: The Tweetsie Railroad. See what this narrow gauge railroad has to offer in the Blue Ridge Mountains, only from Trains! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dave Sellers’ HO scale Dayton & Southern RR is a freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a Baltimore & Ohio branch line. The model train layout is set in the 1950s and features many detailed industrial scenes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Sandy Colabufo’s N scale Annaville & Adirondack is a freelanced model train layout that’s inspired by the Delaware & Hudson RR. The N scale model train layout measures 9 x 21 feet and features an upstate New York setting. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The On30 Dolly Varden models British Columbia in the 1920s. Mining scenes and mountainous terrain highlight the 3 x 28-foot shelf layout. You can read all about this layout in Great Model Railroads 2017. […]
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Watch freight trains climb 4 percent grades in western North Carolina on Watco’s Blue Ridge Southern! Be sure to check out our feature story on the railroad, coming in the December 2016 issue of Trains Magazine! […]
Brass Expo 2016 was held on October 1 and 2 at the Westin Hotel in Wheeling, IL (The Chicago North Shore). The show featured manufacturers, historical displays, and some of the finest brass railroad models in the world. James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel attended the show and provides this VIP look. […]
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Name: Todd Hein Forum User Name: ToddH Railroad Name: New York Central and Canadian Pacific Location: Crystal, Minnesota Scale: O gauge Theme: Tinplate trains running on a semi-realistic layout Description: 1936 Marx Commodore Vanderbilt, this is actually a windup locomotive that I put an electric motor in. The cars on this train have silver litho […]
Join Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn for a first look at the Mississippi – the oldest horizontal boiler steam locomotive in the U.S. The locomotive, purchased by Gulf & Ohio Railways owner Pete Claussen, is featured in the November 2016 issue! Only from www.TrainsMag.com! […]
