Video: ScaleTrains com HO scale GEVO Tier 4 diesel

ScaleTrains com HO scale GEVO Tier 4 diesel

The Rivet Counter version of the ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric ET44 features prototype-specific detailing and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Senior editor Dana Kawala used two of these superdetailed locomotives to haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for November 2017

Cody Grivno in his office

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page A “Red Barn” from Bowser Trains and an N scale Olympian Hiawatha from Kato USA are among the new arrivals in this month’s episode of Cody’s Office. Associate editor Cody Grivno will also head down to the Model Railroader workshop to show you […]

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Off The Rails: Episode 19

Off the Rails with Gerry Leone Episode 19

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Get set for spills and chills in this episode of Off The Rails! This month, host Gerry Leone has us on pins, needles, and track nails. But somehow, he miraculously manages to hold it all together, with a little help from a dab […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 2

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 2

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP exclusive episode, Contributing Editor Kathy Millatt continues working on a wooded area of her HO scale New Haven layout. This time, she’s focused on making trees that don’t get lost in the midst of a scene. Follow along as she […]

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MRVP Insider: Modelers in a Minivan along the Main Line

Modelers in a minivan along the main line

Combine a world-renowned modeler (Pelle Søeborg), a guy that’s great at photographing trains (Drew Halverson), another who’s pretty darn good at both (Cody Grivno), and a sunny day spent trackside, and you get Modelers In A Minivan Along The Main Line! Join their jaunt across the Wisconsin countryside, and you’ll see just what inspires this […]

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David and Ingrid’s Weekend at West Somerset Ry.

West Somerset Railway

While on vacation in Europe, David and his wife, Ingrid, spent an October weekend seaside on the West Somerset Ry., a 21-mile preserved line in southern England. They were there for the Fall Steam Gala and saw eight operating steam locomotives, many of which they share with you in this short video. To learn more […]

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Canadian Canyons Series: Part 24 – Painting track

Hand painting track

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MR’s Cody Grivno lends a hand to our Canadian Canyons N scale layout construction effort. Detailing trackwork is Cody’s forte, so in this video he’ll demonstrate the steps for painting and weathering a main line laid on concrete ties. Plus, he also shows […]

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Taking Care of Business: Mt. Rainier Railroad

A tank steam locomotive hauls a train over a bridge under cloudless skies.

Charlie Conway spends the day with the engine crew on the Mount Rainier Railroad, a former logging route in Washington state. Through the lenses of Charlie’s multiple HD cameras you will get to see just what it takes to run and maintain a working steam locomotive! […]

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