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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Images of the Past

By | January 20, 2016

Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]

Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Images of the Past

By | January 20, 2016

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]

DCC Programming: episode 18 – speed table programming

By | January 20, 2016

Dana Kawala and Ben Lake standing at a desk.

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hosts Dana Kawala and Ben Lake continue the discussion on JMRI DecoderPro. In this video, the guys will demonstrate how to fine-tune locomotive speed control and share tips on speed matching. You’ll see just how much easier and quicker these steps are […]

Rehab My Railroad Sidetrack Series: Madison Depot, Part 1 – Here’s the plan

By | January 20, 2016

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this sidetrack video series of Rehab My Railroad, host David Popp shares some of the plans and processes he’s using to build the Madison passenger station for Chuck Sable’s HO scale C&NW basement layout. David gets things started by talking through the […]

MRVP Video Vault – Layout Tour: Don and John Santel’s HO Ohio, Michigan, & South Shore RR

By | January 20, 2016

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Allen Keller hosts a visit to Don and John Santel’s OM&SS HO scale layouts. You won’t want to miss seeing Don’s operating hump yard! […]

Video: Rio Grande in the Rockies

By | January 19, 2016

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Mike Danneman’s N scale Moffat Road model train layout is set in the Colorado. Watch Rio Grande freight trains and they run through the detailed scenes on this 18′-6″ x 24′-9″ model railroad. […]

T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog – Recap

By | January 19, 2016

The Model Railroader team standing around a table.

Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page As a fitting finale to the T-Trak Group Project efforts, MRVP’s Kent Johnson sits down with each builder to inspect his/her completed module and talk briefly about the lessons learned! […]

Track and wiring for the HO scale Eagle Mountain RR

By | January 19, 2016

Associate editor Eric White continues his behind-the-scenes look at building the Model Railroader staff’s latest project model train layout. In this installment, Eric describes how he laid out the track plan full size on the benchwork tabletop, including how he used curve and turnout templates. He’ll also show you the basics of how he laid […]