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Tag: Videos
Model Railroad Operations: Hand Signals
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing Editor Andy Sperandeo returns to Model Railroader magazine’s HO scale layout to share proper model railroad operating techniques for our cameras. In this MRVP exclusive video, he recruits Cody Grivno to demonstrate how to use hand signals, a topic addressed in Andy’s […]
Modeler’s Spotlight Video — Inside Cody’s Office for December 2014
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page An HO scale CF7 from Athearn and N scale freight cars from Atlas and Micro-Trains are among the new products that arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno will also show you how to model seagulls using models […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – C&NW Christie Division
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment of the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jim Munns’ Chicago & North Western Ry. HO scale layout set in Wisconsin during the mid-1950s. […]
The Roundhouse: Episode 13
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller welcomes MR’s Dana Kawala and Bob Keller from Classic Toy Trains on this special Christmas episode of The Roundhouse. These three wise men talk about the best and worst train-related gifts, and even take up the 2-rail vs. 3-rail debate. […]
Rehab My Railroad: Episode 4
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this episode of Rehab My Railroad, MR’s Cody Grivno shows layout owner Chuck Sable how to enhance an open lot by adding a realistic grass mat and fence. Cody makes more improvements to the station parking lot too. Meanwhile, MRVP’s David Popp […]
Video: ESU LokSound DCC diesel decoder demo
Recently Matthew Herman of ESU visited the Model Railroader offices and talked with senior editor Dana Kawala about some of the latest features to be found in ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders. See and hear ESU LokSound – equipped diesel locomotives as they run on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern layout. […]
Video: On30 scale Fernwood Lumber Co RR
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Pete Birdsong’s 12 x 24-foot On30 (O scale narrow gauge) model railroad is set in southern Mississippi in 1910. Watch geared locomotives haul passengers and freight on this spectacular model train layout. […]
Layout Visit: Operating on Tony Koester’s Nickel Plate Road
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Now that you’ve toured his multiple-deck HO scale layout, the Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Division, Tony Koester welcomes you back to glimpse how it operates! In this MR Video Plus exclusive video, viewers get to walk the aisles with Tony and his […]
Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak model railroad episode 2
The benchwork is built for the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Red Oak project. Next comes the tricky task of transferring the track plan to the foam tabletop. Get some tips from Model Railroader Video Plus producer David Popp, including a look at the layout’s styrene backdrop and the wiring channel around the tabletop. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia, maintains multiple layouts (O & HO scale) and vintage toys that you can see in this PBS Tracks Ahead video on MR Video Plus. […]
History According to Hediger: Interlocking insights
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine’s senior editor Jim Hediger returns to the MRVP studio! In this episode, he first explains how a real plant works, before describing how former MR editors Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard engineered a model for use on an HO scale […]
