Lions, tigers, and bears – plus the Milwaukee County Zoo train too! MRVP Insider host Jenny Maaske covers all of them, right along with highlights of the videos you’ll see on Model Railroader Video Plus in June 2018. Look for a new DCC install instruction from David Popp, tips and tricks from Gerry Leone, scenery […]
In this episode of MRVP Tech, David Popp dives into adding a DCC sound decoder to a Bachmann steam locomotive. Although the OO scale model of a British shunting engine isn’t a typical MRVP subject, Dave show it’s a perfect candidate for demonstrating how to fit a few Soundtraxx products into rather tight quarters! David […]
Editor Hal Miller shares some of the highlights of the August 2018 issue of Model Railroader magazine. Layout tours this month include a coal-hauling New York Central branch line and a logging railroad set in the Pacific Northwest. How-to projects include detailing a modern boxcar, using an Arduino microcontroller to set up push-button staging, and […]
Host Drew Halverson, Charlie Conway, and a motley crew meet in the Arizona desert for a VIP visit to the Copper Basin Railway. In this episode, CBR president L.S. “Jake” Jacobson brings the guys to an active bridge replacement site, hosts a hi-rail tour of the line, and even gets Drew set for a cab […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp brings out the Hawaiian shirt and special co-host for this summertime episode of Ask MRVP! MRVP’s own Charlie Conway rides along to help answer your inquires related to trackwork, pink insulation foam board, wiring, scenery, and more. Watch, learn, enjoy, […]
The West Chester Railroad’s May 2018 photo charter featured Alco RS18 No. 1803 with three freight cars, a baggage car, and a passenger car. The former Pennsylvania Railroad line still features catenary supports, a reminder of its days as a Philadelphia commuter line. Photo by Bill Monaghan […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. is an HO scale model railroad set in the Pacific Northwest. Watch trains run through the tall timber in this online extra from the August 2018 Model Railroader. […]
A Napoleon, Defiance & Western train passes the former Wabash Railroad freight house in Napoleon, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014. At far right is reminder of another previous owner of the line. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
You don’t need to go west to find the mountains. Canadian Pacific ES440AC No. 8800 is down to hardly a crawl going up and over the Niagara Escarpment on the Galt Sub between Milton and Guelph Junction, Ontario. Photo by Brandon Muir […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP All-Stars David Popp and Jenny Freeland team up to plant a full forest of trees in the craggy mountain walls along this Fraser Canyon scene. While the tree canopy will be dense in this part of our N scale (1:160) Canadian Canyons […]
Kent really likes working foam materials into various parts of the layouts he builds, including the O gauge City Terminal & Transfer Railway. After installing the layout’s pink foam tabletop, KJ turns to a different type of foam product made by Woodland Scenics. Follow along as he shows how to use foam risers and inclines […]
A southbound Amtrak Acela Express overtakes an outbound empty Norfolk Southern oil train on the Northeast Corridor lead by the Central of New Jersey-painted heritage unit near Elkton, Md., on Jan. 4, 2015. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
