Modeler’s Spotlight Video–Inside Cody’s Office for June 2014

Inside Cody's Office for June 2014

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this month’s episode of Cody’s Office, you’ll get a handy tip for weathering model railroad ballast using an airbrush. Associate editor Cody Grivno demonstrates his favorite techniques on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project layout, which won’t appear in print until […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video–Inside Cody’s Office for June 2014

Inside Cody's Office for June 2014

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this month’s episode of Cody’s Office, you’ll get a handy tip for weathering model railroad ballast using an airbrush. Associate editor Cody Grivno demonstrates his favorite techniques on the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project layout, which won’t appear in print until […]

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DCC Programming: episode 8 – TCS WOWSound Decoder Demonstration

Dan Kawala with John and J.D. Forsythe.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page John and J.D. Forsythe of Train Control Systems stop by Model Railroader magazine’s MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate a steam locomotive equipped with a TCS WOWSound decoder. DCC Programming host Dana Kawala has them talk through the helpful TCS audio-assist feature that […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 16 – Mojave & Cajon Pass

An orange-and-black BNSF Railway freight train winds its way through barren desert.

Prior to chasing the Union Pacific Big Boy no. 4014 steam locomotive to Las Vegas, host Drew Halverson spent time in the sweltering Mojave Desert heat trying to keep up with some of the hottest BNSF and UP freight trains in action. Come along as Drew captures all sorts of beautiful arid scenery and hardworking […]

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MR Insider Exclusive: A visit to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum

A model railroad at the Colorado Railroad Museum

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Neil Besougloff, Editor of Model Railroader magazine, recently traveled to Greeley, Colo., with a video camera in tow. Watch the stunning footage he captured of the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s massive HO scale layout. And don’t miss the bonus coverage of his side […]

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Modelers Spotlight Video: Inside Cody’s Office for May 2014

Cody sitting at his desk with trains in front of him

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Big diesels abound in this episode of Cody’s Office. This month Cody takes a look at prototype-specific HO scale SDP45 diesel locomotives from Athearn Trains. He’ll also show you HO scale ES44AC and SD70ACe diesels decked out in Norfolk Southern heritage paint schemes […]

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Modelers Spotlight Video: Inside Cody’s Office for May 2014

Cody sitting at his desk with trains in front of him

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Big diesels abound in this episode of Cody’s Office. This month Cody takes a look at prototype-specific HO scale SDP45 diesel locomotives from Athearn Trains. He’ll also show you HO scale ES44AC and SD70ACe diesels decked out in Norfolk Southern heritage paint schemes […]

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DCC Programming: episode 7 – Programming modes

Operations mode, programming on the main.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s Dana Kawala addresses basic DCC programming modes. Dana first talks through Operations mode programming on the main, as well as Service mode programming. As with every episode in this helpful DCC Programming series, Dana shows you the essential steps, while the […]

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The Roundhouse: Episode 18

Hal Miller, Marc Horovitz, and Kent Johnson

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that spring has arrived, Host Hal Miller shifts the roundtable discussion to garden railroading. Two first-time guests, Garden Railways magazine editor Marc Horovitz and MRVP’s Kent Johnson, share their enthusiasm for running big (Large scale) trains in the great outdoors. Along with […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 14 – Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry

A wide angle shot of model trains in an indoor layout.

Host Drew Halverson heads trackside again, but this time from a slightly different perspective aboard Amtrak and Metra intercity trains. His trek from Milwaukee, Wis., routes him to Chicago’s historic Union Station to the downtown lakefront to the Museum of Science and Industry, featuring The Great Train Story, a magnificent HO scale layout, and a […]

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