Model Railroader managing editor David Popp used an Aztec Manufacturing Co. milled frame and a Digitrax SDN144K0A Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder to add sound to a Kato USA N scale E8 diesel lcocomotive. Watch the DCC-sound equipped model run on David’s N scale Naugatuck Valley model train layout. […]
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Rich Battista’s Black Diamond Railway
Rich’s layout, sprawling over four levels of rugged mountain scenery, revitalized his family’s love affair with toy trains. Watch the video below to tour the Black Diamond Ry. […]
Mark Kunde’s O gauge layout video
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Commanding a CAB-2 controller
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How to make tinted tail lights and turn signals on HO scale automobiles
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to use MicroScale Kristal Klear and food coloring to make tinted tail lights and turn signals for your vehicle. […]
How to blacken turnout frogs on model railroad track
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to darken switch frogs with a product called neolube. […]
How to use an NMRA gauge
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader senior editor Jim Hediger shows how to use a National Model Railroad Association gauge to check the spacing of different aspects of track and your model trains. […]
Video: O gauge Premier line Alco RS-11 by MTH
In this “head shot” of the MTH O gauge Alco RS-11, you can see the top red light that illuminates with a change in direction while the center light flashes and the bottom light is a steady headlight. Enjoy this locomotive in action by watching the video. […]
Video: Model Rectifier Corp (MRC) DCC sound decoder for N scale Kato GG1
Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) makes a drop-in Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder for a Kato USA N scale GG1 electric locomotive. Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala demonstrates some of the DCC decoder’s sound effects. […]
Video: Atlas HO scale EMD GP40-2(W)
The Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP40-2(W) includes a QSI Quantum Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala runs the locomotive on our model train layout. […]
Video: Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Codys Office for September 1, 2011
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page What’s a 1:1 steam locomotive doing at the Kalmbach Publishing Co. offices? Find out in this week’s episode. You’ll also see a new N scale steam locomotive from Bachmann Trains and other new model railroading products. In this week’s modeling tip, Model Railroader […]
Video: Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Codys Office for September 1, 2011
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page What’s a 1:1 steam locomotive doing at the Kalmbach Publishing Co. offices? Find out in this week’s episode. You’ll also see a new N scale steam locomotive from Bachmann Trains and other new model railroading products. In this week’s modeling tip, Model Railroader […]
