Annual refers to a plant that lives for only one season and must be replanted each year. Ballast is the medium, usually gravel of some sort, that provides a firm underlayment for track, helps to hold it in place, and drains water away from the ties. Battery power is another way of operating electrically powered […]
Steve Garofalo’s Super O layout celebrates Lionel’s 1957 showroom layout. Download this PDF of a 12-page look at the original 1957 layout. Lionel 1957 Super O layout […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Clinchfield RR was a staff-built N scale layout featured in the November 1978 through June 1979 issues of Model Railroader. In this video Model Railroader staff member Dana Kawala interviews senior editor Jim Hediger about his experiences researching, building, and operating this […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader Senior Editor Jim Hediger has had many experiences working with the real railroads. In this episode he talks about how he acquired his collection of official paint chips from the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR, as well as how the DT&I […]
Below, you can watch a streaming video of this “Blast from the Past” as Lionel revisits the olden days with the O gauge “Thunderbird” set, part of the “Lionel Postwar Authentics – Conventional Classics” series. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Associate Editor Cody Grivno is on vacation, so other members of the Model Railroader staff help out in this week’s Cody’s office episode. Associate Editor Steve Otte will show you some new model train products. Many layouts use skirting under the fascia to […]
Watch us run this upgraded Rivarossi locomotive. Along with factory-applied weathering the model includes a dual-mode ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder. […]
Watch video of this logging-themed 4 x8 project railroad, the Cascade & Timber Trail Ry. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Learn all about how to clean your airbrush in part 3 of Model Railroader Associate Editor Cody Grivno’s how to airbrush series. Cody will also show you some of the latest model train products and will share a bit of history on some […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page See the latest model train products with Model Railroader Associate Editor Cody Grivno. In the second part of his how to airbrush series, Cody will also give you some of his tips for weathering with an airbrush. […]
