Layout Visit: Operating on Tony Koester’s Nickel Plate Road

Operating on Tony Koester's Nickel Plate Road

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. […]

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Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak model railroad episode 2

Hand measuring off track section

The benchwork is built for the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project. Next comes the tricky task of transferring the track plan to the foam tabletop. Get some tips from Model Railroader Video Plus producer David Popp, including a look at the layout’s styrene backdrop and the wiring channel around the tabletop. […]

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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 21 – Using etched-metal parts to upgrade freight cars

Cody working on a freight car

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page While Santa’s Workshop hustles to build trains for good girls and boys, Cody’s Workshop stays busy enhancing freight cars with etched-metal parts! Host Cody Grivno shows how he replaced his covered hopper’s plastic roof walkway with a see-through metal component from Plano Model […]

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Chris and Mhel’s Christmas 2014 layout

Chris and Mhels' 2014 American Flyer S-Gauge, Lemax and Dept.56 ,Christmas Layout and Village.

Name:    Christopher Burger Forum User Name:    Chris Burger Location:    Mason Ohio Scale:    S Theme:    Christmas Village Description:    This is our 2014 version of the Christmas Village Layout. 4-loops of S-Helper Fastrak which is now owned and made by MTH. Running an American Flyer Texas Special with Legacy, A 336 4-8-4 Northern with American Flyer Christmas […]

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Video: SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder

SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC sound decoder

The SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar is a Digital Command Control decoder that brings the sounds of the train beyond the locomotive to a model train layout. In this video, Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala gets a demo of the SoundCar with George Bogatiuk of SoundTraxx. Listen to various SoundCar installations in freight and passenger equipment […]

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