B&M NH Mainline – Ballasting the Track

Hand adding ballast to model track

This is the second part of a two-part series where I demonstrate the process I used for ballasting the track on my B&M NH Mainline. This video details the four step process shared by Cody and others: Glue down cinders if appropriate; ballast the track center; light ballast on roadbed shoulders; and final ballast on […]

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Computer desktop wallpaper from the April 2018 Model Railroader

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Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. The Nickel Plate Road’s first Berkshire, Alco-built no. 700, accelerates out of Frankfort, Ind., with fast freight No. 47 in tow on Model Railroader contributing editor Tony Koester’s HO scale NKP St. Louis Division layout. This month you can […]

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New model trains for the week of February 22, 2018

Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives

Rapido Trains HO scale General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives General Motors Diesel Division F7B and F9B diesel locomotives. Canadian National (F9B in as-delivered scheme and sergeant stripes, four road numbers each), Canadian Pacific (F7B and F9B in maroon with block lettering, maroon with script lettering, Action Red with […]

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