Name: Calumet & South Chicago RR Layout designer: Michael Sharp Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-0″ x 14′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: Calumet Region of northwest Indiana Era: mid- to late-1960s Style: double-deck shelf Mainline run: n/a Minimum radius: 21″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: n/a Originally appeared in the October 2013 Model Railroader. Click on […]
Name: Pennsylvania RR Layout designer: Bill Hughes Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-6″ x 24′-9″ Locale: New Jersey Era: transition era Style: Walk-in Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the October 2013 Model Railroader. Click on the link to download the PDF of this track plan. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Bachmann’s latest addition to its Sound Value line is a Elctro-Motive Division F7A and F7B diesel locomotives. The models come with Digital Command Control sound decoders and can be run on DCC or DC layouts. Steven Otte takes a pair for a test […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to check and fix HO scale couplers. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to check and fix HO scale couplers. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Press-fit coupler boxes can cause couplers to droop or even fall off. In this Expert Tip video, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to secure the coupler boxes on Athearn Trains freight car models with screws. For this project Cody […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Press-fit coupler boxes can cause couplers to droop or even fall off. In this Expert Tip video, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you how to secure the coupler boxes on Athearn Trains freight car models with screws. For this project Cody […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Check out this demo of Sergent HO scale operating couplers. Expert model railroader Pelle Søeborg uses operating couplers made by Sergent Engineering. To uncouple cars, an operator holds a magnetic wand over the coupler. Pelle demonstrates the Sergent couplers installed on a freight […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Steve Haynes, sales manager for Peco is Hal’s guest in the studio for this installment of The Roundhouse. Topics for discussion include the health of model railroading as a hobby, the wild west, and much more! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Steve Haynes, sales manager for Peco is Hal’s guest in the studio for this installment of The Roundhouse. Topics for discussion include the health of model railroading as a hobby, the wild west, and much more! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dan Lewis’ North Montana Line is an N scale model train layout based on the Milwaukee Road and set in Central Montana in the 1950s. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Dan Lewis’ North Montana Line is an N scale model train layout based on the Milwaukee Road and set in Central Montana in the 1950s. […]
