How-to Library: DCC Installation for large layouts, Part 1 – Bus lines

David Popp standing behind model railroad products

In this all-new MRVP series, watch and learn as David Popp walks you through, step-by-step, the full sequence for installing Digital Command Control on a large model railroad. To get things started, David first provides a quick overview of DCC starter systems, and then he gets to work adding a DCC power bus line under […]

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Video: HO scale Dayton & Southern RR

HO scale Dayton & Southern RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Dave Sellers’ HO scale Dayton & Southern RR is a freelanced HO scale model railroad based on a Baltimore & Ohio branch line. The model train layout is set in the 1950s and features many detailed industrial scenes. […]

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Video: HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany RR

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Hale’s HO scale Blue Ridge & Allegany Ry. models a freelanced interchange between the Southern Ry. and the Western Maryland Ry. in 1952. Steam and diesel locomotives lead freight and passenger trains through the Appalachian Mountains and city scenes on Ron’s spectacular […]

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Video: N scale Annaville & Adirondack

N scale Annaville & Adirondack

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Sandy Colabufo’s N scale Annaville & Adirondack is a freelanced model train layout that’s inspired by the Delaware & Hudson RR. The N scale model train layout measures 9 x 21 feet and features an upstate New York setting. […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – 20th Ave & Dravus

An orange-painted locomotive on a freight train on a curve on a well sunlit day.

Drew Halverson flips the script when he heads to the Pacific Northwest for a little R&R. Of course, Charlie Conway hosts Drew around Northern Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash., and then a quick stop to catch the railroad action at BNSF’s Balmer Yard. […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Columbia Gorge: Where East meets West

An orange-painted locomotive bathed in low angle sunlight with rugged mountains and a river in the background.

Charlie Conway and Tom Danneman launch into their exploration of the Columbia River Gorge. In addition to capturing images of spectacular scenery and engineering, the two find plenty of Union Pacific and BNSF freight trains snaking along the curvaceous riverfront main line. […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – The Toledo Hauler

Close-up image of an orange-painted diesel locomotive on a trestle.

Globetrotter Charlie Conway is back in the Pacific Northwest chasing trains with Tom Danneman, the Art Director for Model Railroader and Trains magazines. For this Postcard to pal Drew, the duo opted for a slow and steady trackside “pursuit” near Toledo, Ore., deep into rainy, coastal mountain terrain. […]

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