Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

Ron Marsh's N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]

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A trip around the SP Sunset Limited

Sunset limited model railroad

Name:    Peter Atonna Railroad Name:    Seligman and Paulden Lines Location:    Paulden, AZ Scale:    O Theme:    Contemporary featuring a big city terminal and double track main running through Arizona Description:    Here is the latest in my videos with a trip around the layout, this time taking a trip on the beautiful SP Sunset Limited. The cab […]

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MRVP Layout Visit: Ken Thompson’s BN Peoria Subdivision in HO scale

Ken Thompson's Burlington Northern Peoria Subdivision

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this MRVP Exclusive Layout Visit, subscribers will get to view Ken Thompson’s HO Burlington Northern layout in action! On Ken’s 22 x 36-foot single deck layout, you’ll see realistically modeled Midwestern scenes and BN operations between Galesburg and Peoria, Ill. […]

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Trains Presents: ‘Texas’ returns!

Join Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer for the May 2017 unveiling of the restored Texas! The famous 4-4-0, which pursued the General in the Great Locomotive Chase, will be on display at the Atlanta History Center in late 2017. You’ll see the locomotive following its cosmetic restoration, […]

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How-to Library: Airbrushing with Aaron – Episode 6, Filling in the gaps

Aaron Skinner in an airbrushing studio.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page   In this episode of Airbrushing with Aaron, FineScale Modeler senior editor Aaron Skinner fills you in on tips and techniques you can use to fix minor flaws and gaps in a model’s surface, before applying paint. […]

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Train watching on the Winnegance & Quebec

Name:    Eric Schade Railroad Name:    Winnegance and Quebec Location:    Phippsburg, Maine Scale:    7/8″=1′-0″ (1:13.7) Theme:    Maine two foot gauge railroading in the teens Description:    This is a compilation of several live steam runs on two beautiful spring evenings. The leaves are just poking out and so are the black flies. The trains are pulled by […]

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Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for May 2017

Cody sitting at his desk, smiling, while holding the collectible lionel classics book

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Hear the rumble of a new HO scale GP10 diesel and learn how to spruce up your model railroad scenery with Woodland Scenics Dust Dabber in this episode of Cody’s Office. In addition, Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows you a selection […]

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Jim Dalberg’s HO Lackawanna RR – Hoboken to Port Jervis Westbound

Jim Dalberg's HO Lackawanna RR

Represents the Lackawanna Railroad (DL&W) between Hoboken and Scranton. Previously it represented the CNJ and LV, and there are still vestiges of those roads – primarily structures. The railroad has two yards: Jersey City and Port Morris, the Hoboken passenger terminal and passes through towns such as Dover, Washington and Pittston. It was designed for […]

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