Name: Lehigh & Susquehanna Layout designer: Wayne Sittner Scale: HO (1:87:1) Size: 9 x 41 feet Prototypes: Central of New Jersey; Delaware & Hudson; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Erie; Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley; Lehigh Valley; and Pennsylvania Locale: Northeastern Pennsylvania anthracite coal mining and cement-making regions Era: 1952-62 or 1978-85 Style: linear walkaround shelf Mainline […]
Name: Oregon Coast RR Layout designer: Mat Thompson Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 32′-0″ x 54′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: fall 1953 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 120 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 24″ (branch) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 4 (industries and yards) Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the Great Model […]
Name: San Juan Extension Layout designer: John Short Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1, narrow gauge) Size: 13′-6″ x 22′-6″ plus 7′-0″ extension Prototype: Denver & Rio Grande Western (some Rio Grande Southern) Locale: southwestern Colorado Period: September 1948 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 161 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared […]
Name: Virginian Ry. Deepwater District Layout designer: Gerry Albers Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 40 x 50 feet, plus 19 x 24½ feet for staging Prototype: Deepwater District, VGN New River Division Locale: southern West Virginia Period: summer 1959 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 600 feet Minimum radius: 32″, 28″ in yards Minimum turnout: no. 8, no. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Broadway Limited’s new HO scale Y6b steam locomotive includes a lot of great features, including smoke, sound, Digital Command Control, and amazing pulling power. Watch it run on our HO scale layout in this video. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Broadway Limited’s new HO scale Y6b steam locomotive includes a lot of great features, including smoke, sound, Digital Command Control, and amazing pulling power. Watch it run on our HO scale layout in this video. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Just in time for Halloween, Cody shows you two ways to strip paint from models in his latest visit to the “MR Laboratory.” He also shares some scary tips for preparing resin models, cutting coupler trip pins, and painting locomotive numberboards. And watchout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Just in time for Halloween, Cody shows you two ways to strip paint from models in his latest visit to the “MR Laboratory.” He also shares some scary tips for preparing resin models, cutting coupler trip pins, and painting locomotive numberboards. And watchout […]
This is a “track-level” tour of my HO scale Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR. It was shot with a Midland “XTC” camera set in a gondola. Video shot by Bob Wundrock […]
This is a “track-level” tour of my HO scale Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR. It was shot with a Midland “XTC” camera set in a gondola. Video shot by Bob Wundrock […]
This HO scale refrigerator car from Athearn Trains models a Fruit Growers Express (FGE) prototype. The model also includes a SoundTraxx decoder that reproduces the sounds of the refrigeration unit. Follow along as associate editor Cody Grivno shows how the car’s placement in a train affects the clarity of the sound. Cody also reviewed the […]
This HO scale refrigerator car from Athearn Trains models a Fruit Growers Express (FGE) prototype. The model also includes a SoundTraxx decoder that reproduces the sounds of the refrigeration unit. Follow along as associate editor Cody Grivno shows how the car’s placement in a train affects the clarity of the sound. Cody also reviewed the […]
