MR Insider: A Memorable MR Moment with Cody Grivno

Cody Grivno

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In celebration of Model Railroader magazine’s upcoming 1000th issue, we’ve captured candid comments and memorable moments straight from the staff and employees who helped the leading hobby resource reach this publishing milestone. MR Associate Editor Cody Grivno shares a story. […]

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MR Insider: Celebrating 1,000 issues of Model Railroader magazine

1000 issues of Model Railroader magazine

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this day and age, few periodicals can fathom reaching the 1,000 issue milestone. Only with your enduring support, Model Railroader magazine has finally reached this publishing pinnacle! In appreciation of our loyal readers, we decided to show exactly what our “unfathomable” accomplishment […]

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MR Insider: A Memorable MR Moment with Gerry Leone

Gerry Leone

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In celebration of Model Railroader magazine’s upcoming 1000th issue, we’ve captured candid comments and memorable moments straight from the staff and employees who helped the leading hobby resource reach this publishing milestone. MRVP Contributing Editor Gerry Leone shares a story. […]

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MR Insider: Happy 4th Birthday MRVP!

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Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Producer David Popp and the Model Railroader Video Plus crew are thrilled to celebrate their fourth birthday! As a way of saying thanks to you, our Most Valuable Players on the MRVP team, we’re loading up the month of April with new series, […]

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MR Insider: A Memorable MR Moment with Jenny Maaske

Jenny Freeland

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In celebration of Model Railroader magazine’s upcoming 1000th issue, we’ve captured candid comments and memorable moments straight from the staff and employees who helped the leading hobby resource reach this publishing milestone. MRVP Assistant Editor Jenny Maaske shares a story. […]

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MR Insider: A Memorable MR Moment with Jim Hediger

Jim Hediger

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In celebration of Model Railroader magazine’s upcoming 1000th issue, we’ve captured candid comments and memorable moments straight from the staff and employees who helped the leading hobby resource reach this publishing milestone. Retired MR Senior Editor Jim Hediger gets the series started. […]

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MR Insider: Linn Westcott – A retrospective by Harriett Westcott

1000 issues of Model Railroader magazine

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Enjoy a nostalgic walk down memory lane when Mrs. Westcott, wife of the late great Model Railroader Editor and hobby pioneer Linn Westcott, visits current company headquarters for the very first time! Our own Cody Grivno hosted Harriett Westcott for a short interview, […]

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New products from the May 2017 issue of Classic Toy Trains

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NEW POWER FROM ATLAS O: Atlas O has added two more locomotives to its lineup of O gauge power. The Baldwin VO-1000 diesel switcher joins the Master Line in Lehigh Valley, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis; Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Western Pacific road names. The Alco RS-11 is joining the Trainman line […]

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Frank Ellison’s Delta Lines 1944 series, “The Art of Model Railroading”

Screen image capture of an older model railroad layout track plan in black and white.

Frank Ellison believed that the purpose of a model layout was to reproduce the operations of real railroads. That way model railroads could entertain individual builders or provide enjoyment for groups of hobbyists taking various roles in a working railroad system. Frank Ellison’s Delta Lines 1944 series, “The Art of Model Railroading” […]

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Digitrax Evolution advanced DCC starter set

Digitrax Evolution advanced DCC starter set

Digitrax Evolution advanced DCC starter set Digitrax adds another advanced command station, the DCS210, and a new DT500 throttle to its Digital Command Control (DCC) lineup. The new throttle and command station are also key components of the firm’s Evolution DCC starter set. [Another new Digitrax product, the DCS240 advanced command station, was reviewed in […]

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