Let’s Make A Scene: Episode 6

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Kathy Millatt shows you how to build a better-looking boggy area to compliment the forests on your layout. Her secret to success in this scene is a base application of brown floor grout. Watch and learn the tips and tricks she employs […]

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City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 5 – Track Attack

Kent Johnson and CTT’s Bob Keller lay it all on the line, as they work to assemble the main line using Lionel FasTrack O gauge components. Watch to see how they plot the course from the plan (printed in the pages of Classic Toy Trains magazine) to the pink foamboard tabletop, and then wire the […]

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Taking Care of Business: Copper Basin Railway, Part 2

View from inside a locomotive cab at gray with red-stripe diesel locomotives in a yard.

Our insider look at Arizona’s Copper Basin Railway continues, with Charlie Conway focusing his cameras on the real pride of the CBR — its employees! In part 2 of 2, you’ll follow inspectors, mechanics, dispatchers, conductors, engineers, and others who are busy Taking Care of Business. Enjoy this video, and then learn more about the […]

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Trains Presents: Inside Brightline’s new trains

Man in a bright yellow vest walking down the aisle inside of a passenger car

Join us at Brightline’s Workshop B in West Palm Beach, Fla., for a look inside one of its new Siemens-built passenger trains. You’ll tour the cab and the engine room, and see the coaches before the first paying passenger ever stepped on board! Only from Trains Magazine! Read more about Brightline from passenger correspondent Bob […]

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City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 4 – Foam, Fascia, Fun

David and Kent attaching foam to a plywood table.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Layout construction continues with foamboard fun! David and Kent show how to cut and attach sound-deadening foam insulation board to the plywood tabletop. To give the layout framework a finished appearance, they also cut and install a hardboard fascia. Watch it first on […]

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City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 3 – Plywood Aplenty

David and Kent working on the layout.

In this episode, David and Kent top off the framework for the 5 x 9-foot toy train layout. But our big O scale trains (and big city scenery) require a sturdy platform. That’s where the guys step in to show you how to measure, cut, and install a plywood tabletop. Watch here on MRVideoPlus.com, read […]

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City Terminal & Transfer Series: Episode 2 – Legs for a Layout

David Popp and Kent Johnson adding legs to their table layout.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page A layout needs legs to stand on, so that’s precisely what MRVP’s David Popp and Kent Johnson will tackle when construction continues on our 5 x 9 foot, 3-rail O scale project railroad we’re calling the City Terminal & Transfer Railway. Watch the […]

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