This is a “track-level” tour of my HO scale Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie RR. It was shot with a Midland “XTC” camera set in a gondola. Video shot by Bob Wundrock […]
The HO scale Rice Lake, Dallas & Menomonie
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Video: Athearn Trains HO scale sound-equipped reefer
This HO scale refrigerator car from Athearn Trains models a Fruit Growers Express (FGE) prototype. The model also includes a SoundTraxx decoder that reproduces the sounds of the refrigeration unit. Follow along as associate editor Cody Grivno shows how the car’s placement in a train affects the clarity of the sound. Cody also reviewed the […]
Video: Big locomotives on a small HO scale shelf layout
Check out scenes from this North American themed HO scale shelf layout in Germany. You’ll big Union Pacific steam and diesel locomotives. Video shot by Andreas Rindermann. […]
Video: HO scale Union Pacific stack train through central Texas
Union Pacific stack train with DPU running through the finished part (about 1/3) of Per Laursen’s modern HO scale model railroad. The model train layout theme is UP with BNSF trackage rights in east-central Texas. The main city of Waycross is fictional but the other towns Gladewater, Livingston, and LaGrange are made to resemble the […]
Download our scale and gauge chart
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Member video: Pulling empties on the HO scale Iowa Interstate
Follow Train DMSW-08 as it pulls two empties from Beisser Lumber in Grimes on the Iowa Interstate’s Grimes Industrial Track. James McNab shot this video on his HO scale Iowa Interstate model railroad. See more of this modern-era model railroad, including a track plan, in Model Railroad Planning 2014! […]
How to paint couplers
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to paint couplers on a locomotive. […]
The Roundhouse: Episode 10
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Steve Haynes, sales manager for track manufacturer Peco, returns as Hal’s guest on The Roundhouse. Youth in the hobby, the National Train Show, and what it takes to produce models are all topics on this episode. And look for the first Unofficial Roundhouse […]
Video: HO scale New York & Long Branch model railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Kevin Surman models the New York & Long Branch RR, a short line that was jointly owned by the Central RR of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania RR, in the late 1950s. Watch passenger and freight trains run through detailed model railroad scenery, […]
Video: Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio K&M Subdivision
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The K&M Subdivision is the third incarnation of influential model railroader Allen McClelland’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio. The model train layout is actually part of Gerry Albers’ Virginian Ry. Deepwater District. To read about the latest version of the V&O, be sure […]
Russ and Barb Larson’s garden railroad
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this video we visit Russ and Barb Larson’s large scale layout, the Pagosa Springs & Northern. Russ is a former MR publisher and editor, and he and his wife share their beautiful garden railroad, as well as offer some insight into what […]
Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 2 – Hill highlights
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In part 2 of our backdrop series, painter Jay Smith starts filling in the background details. In this installment he adds mist to the valleys and small treetops and sun highlights to the mid-ground hills. […]
