O gauge nuclear power Plant from Menards

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O gauge nuclear power plant from Menards Price: $99.99  (No. 279-4433) Features: Nuclear reactor building, revolving light, two illuminated power transformers, employee and canine figures, cooling tower. Order online at www.Menards.com/Trains. Behold the No. 279-4433 Oak Point Nuclear Power Facility. While I suppose that nothing should surprise me when I open a large box from […]

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RailKing O gauge 2-6-6-6 from MTH

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RailKing O gauge 2-6-6-6 from MTH Price: $799.95 (No. 30-1728-1) Min Curve: O-31  Cmd Low: 5.74 smph  Cnv Low: 7.0 smph High: 71.1 smph Drawbar pull: 2 lb., 2 oz. Features: Can-style motor, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil coupler on tender Current-production road names: Chesapeake & Ohio, and Virginian Ry. Further […]

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O scale Olympia Logging Co. v.2

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Name: Olympia Logging Co. v.2 Scale: On30 (1:48 narrow gauge) Size: 1’-10” x 13’-0” Minimum radius: NA Minimum turnout: Peco On30 code 100 Maximum grade: 6.9 percent Height: 40” This track plan originally appeared in Model Railroading: The Ultimate Guide. Click on the link  to download a PDF copy of this track plan. […]

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Computer desktop wallpaper from the May 2018 Model Railroader

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Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. On a late fall afternoon, a New York Central Niagara departs Ellison with an express while a Pennsylvania RR E6 Atlantic picks up a cut of cars. Paul Kahne shot the photo on Lee Gasparik’s O scale Pennsylvania & […]

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City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 1 – Build a frame

David Popp and Kent Johnson building the butt-joint framework used to support the layout.

Classic Toy Trains magazine and MR Video Plus team up to build an all-new 5 x 9 foot, 3-rail O scale layout featuring big trains and big urban scenery. To start the construction of the City Terminal & Transfer Railway, David Popp and Kent Johnson show how to build the butt-joint framework used to support […]

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Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 5

Let’s Make a Scene with Kathy Millatt Part 5

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Kathy shifts her attention away from trees to focus on modeling bushes. In this episode, she shares a variety of materials and techniques used to shape the vegetation that grows along the forest floor. Naturally, Kathy also shows where and how to place […]

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Build a layout that highlights 1950 Lionel

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Collectors concentrating on the outfits, locomotives, and accessories offered by Lionel during a single year in the post-World War II era will find inspiration in the compact O gauge layout developed by Robert Banks. He has designed an 11 x 11-foot three-rail display capable of letting three trains operate simultaneously. Build a layout that highlights […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 34

David Popp standing in front of the HO scale Virginian Ry. model railroad.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp has shed his skis and winter gear and he’s now ready to spring into action answering your hobby questions! In this episode David addresses topics ranging from turnout control to locomotive repair to structure modeling. Watch, learn, and then pitch […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 34

David Popp standing in front of the HO scale Virginian Ry. model railroad.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host David Popp has shed his skis and winter gear and he’s now ready to spring into action answering your hobby questions! In this episode David addresses topics ranging from turnout control to locomotive repair to structure modeling. Watch, learn, and then pitch […]

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