T-Trak Group Project: Video Blog 1 – Steve & Drew

T-Trak Modules blog one.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kent Johnson hosts this video journal covering some of the planning and construction efforts of the T-Trak project Dream Team. First up are MR’s Steven Otte and MRVP’s Drew Halverson. Steve gets off to a quick start and adds a wrinkle to […]

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T-Trak Group Project: Ready, Set, Build!

T-trak group next to benchwork

MRVP’s David Popp is in a generous mood to share the gift of an assembled T-Trak module with a team of eager modelers from various parts of Kalmbach Publishing Co.! After David outlines the construction parameters, Kent Johnson chats a bit with each builder to find out what he or she is planning for their […]

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Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 28 – Exploring Lombard Canyon

Blue-painted locomotives lead a freight train by a river under blue skies with a mountainous background.

Host Drew Halverson, The Danneman Boys, and Charlie Conway (plus Bessie the Plane) continue their aerial and ground-level coverage of Montana Rail Link’s route through Lombard Canyon, Mont. MRVP subscribers will get to follow Drew and the Crew as they capture intriguing trains and readily modelable details in locations high and low throughout the canyon… […]

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Ask MRVP: Episode 8

David Popp coming out of an elevator to introduce a video.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Backdrop lighting, benchwork considerations, MR Product Review practices, and DCC decoders are just some of the topics host David Popp addresses in this episode of Ask MRVP. And wouldn’t you know it, only MRVP subscribers will learn the answers …or have the chance […]

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An upgraded Atlas O RS-1

An upgraded Atlas O RS-1

Name:    Dave Condon Railroad Name:    Northern Pacific, RS-1 Engine #803 Location:    Kirkland, WA Scale:    O Scale Theme:    North Idaho Division Description:    This is an example of a refurbished Atlas 0 RS-1. Basically the engine was non-functional. It stalled on Atlas O 0-54 switches. It barely had a speed control and the sound board was generic. […]

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