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what aspects of model RRing are retired RRers most interested in?

Started by greg ciurpita in General discussion: since most model RRers seem to be model builders, wondering if same is true for retired RRer or if they are more interested in operation and the type of operation they experienced as a RRer?
General discussion 8 2 145 1787344303
Let's See A Model Of... August, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 107 3 2,850 1787342946
Looking for a barrel jack to2-pin terminal adapter rated for more than 5V

Started by DSteckler in Track and electrical/DCC: They look like this: 📷 The adapters I've found have a max voltage of 5V but my input voltage from a wall wart will probably be in the 6 - 7 volt range. The power supply will be...
Track and electrical/DCC 3 0 10 1787342797
Electrical Impulses: How benchwork can affect wiring

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 11 16 319 1787342703
FOS Scale Kit Of The Month Club Is Back

Started by Kevin Parson in Scenery and structures: Heads Up! The FOS Scale models Kit Of The Month Club is back and ready for orders/subscriptions. I Subscribed to the Kit Of The Month Club back in 2019 for a year. Thise kits have...
Scenery and structures 0 0 1 1787342261
$1000 to spend on machining

Started by David Emery in General discussion Machine Shop lathe: I've been following the discussions on machine tools in modeling, most recently the discussion on cutting small screws. So here's my question: As someone who has -zero- machine...
General discussion Machine Shop lathe 131 7 1,296 1787341987
Amtrak Airo testing on the NEC

Started by Ed Kapuscinski in Prototype railroading AMTRAK: Thanks to a friend I was able to go catch the new Amtrak Cascades Airo set testing on the Northeast Corridor this morning. I figured the gang here might enjoy seeing something "out of...
Prototype railroading AMTRAK 6 8 194 1787341695
Health Check

Started by MikeHughes in General discussion: Checking in on a couple of Members who are usually noisier! @thewizard1 and I are hoping you’re both well: @railandsail @Goober Ping back and let us know what you’ve been up to.
General discussion 4 3 241 1787341369
Picture Fun with AI

Started by anteaum2666 in General discussion Photos AI: @RSeiler posted some photos he touched up with AI. I decided to give it a shot, using Microsoft CoPilot. Below is my first attempt. I thought this would be a fun place for people to post pics they've...
General discussion Photos AI 34 2 846 1787340929
Low Switchstands

Started by Cactus Railroader in Scenery and structures: Hi All, I am to the point where I am finishing up my yard and am looking for "low" or "dwarf" switch stands. Something with a lantern or a small target. I don't need them...
Scenery and structures 18 3 508 1787340069
Rick's Diner - August 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 86 4 2,090 1787339949
What’s on your workbench? August 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: It is month number eight of 2026. I thank everyone who has been contributing their photos and notes to this monthly discussion thread. It seems to get better each month with more participation. I...
General discussion Workbench 161 7 5,600 1787339919
GMR and MRP

Started by Rob Shilling in Journals/Blogs: Last night I picked up the recent issue of MR on a whim. Skimming through it today, I read that they are going to incorporate those two stand alone issues into their monthly issue. This saddens me...
Journals/Blogs 35 5 1,063 1787337700
Putting a sound decoder into Rapido GP38 that is DCC-ready

Started by Nevin W. Wilson in Locos and rolling stock: I recently acquired a Rapido GP38 for a great price that does not a decoder but has a 21 pin PCB board. Unfortunately, the previous owner removed the speaker and I'll have to replace it too. Looking...
Locos and rolling stock 19 1 398 1787337172
Publisher’s Welcome: Modeling with printable labels

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Buy this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 ARTICLE SHOPPING LIST Full sheet printable labels, 40 sheets, Inkjet/Laser, $6, Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/4xISY63 ...
Magazine feedback 2 11 179 1787336384
new here

Started by newbie railroader in General discussion: hi, I'm beckham! I'm newer to model railroading. me and my grandpa did it years ago when I was just 4 or 5. I'm 13 now. I will be sharing pictures as I build back up my model train collection. I have...
General discussion 81 22 1,873 1787335656
HO ID help

Started by areibel in Locos and rolling stock: Hello! I've got an older HO steam loco that I bought a month or so on Ebay and it has me stumped. The original listing said it was a diecast boiler, but when it showed up it was a plastic...
Locos and rolling stock 14 3 409 1787330281
Tiny Text Makes Forum Unreadable (Mobile Version)

Started by Ted Canaday in MRH forum help: About 10 days to 2 weeks ago (roughly), the font size I see when reading the forum turned tiny. So small it is barely readable. I almost exclusively read the forum on my phone. Only when I post...
MRH forum help 6 0 146 1787329913
In search of HO Wild West plastic structure kits

Started by glarson52 in Scenery and structures: Looking for plastic structure kits suitable for the US in 1880s. HO scale
Scenery and structures 27 1 474 1787329384
How would you build this?

Started by CandOfan in Locos and rolling stock: During WWII, Baldwin/Alco/Lima built something like 2150 2-8-0’s of the S160 class, the majority of which went overseas, mostly to Europe. I’m interested in building a delivery train - a batch of...
Locos and rolling stock 9 2 209 1787328872
HO scale Con-Cor Zephyr pc board information

Started by scottnl1947 in Locos and rolling stock: I recently purchased a "previously owned" HO scale Con-Cor dual-headlight Zephyr. For some reason, someone removed the classification lights. Does anyone have a schematic of the model's pc...
Locos and rolling stock 1 0 49 1787318313
Show us your hoppers

Started by CNW Chet in Locos and rolling stock Show and Tell: 📷
Locos and rolling stock Show and Tell 207 16 10,980 1787318029
Tulsa hobby shops and railroad activities ?

Started by DaleMierzwik in General discussion: I am going to be headed to Tulsa Oklahoma in October for a few months for work (lucky me). I was wondering about hobby shops or other model railroading or rail fanning opportunities in the area? I...
General discussion 9 1 199 1787301989
Archiving the best of the MRH forum

Started by joef in General discussion: Some concern has been raised about archiving the best of the MRH forum into some form that will outlive me, Joe Fugate. So let’s do just that, and I’m seeking your help. Here is the...
General discussion 76 15 1,077 1787293986
Setting up Stonehammer in new room

Started by Deemiorgos in Dream and design: This looks like the room I will have to work with. Might have to get rid of the third module, which is 6' 6"X 3'. 📷 Dimensions of Stonehammer: 📷...
Dream and design 144 3 3,863 1787293173
Caboose story. Caboose crews, this thread is yours!

Started by Juanfran in Prototype railroading: Searching with the keyword "caboose" revealed all kind of threads on the topic of cabooses, but (unless I did not look well) nothing struturally dedicated to them in operation and their...
Prototype railroading 32 3 1,178 1787283228
Let's see your newsprint cars.

Started by Deemiorgos in Locos and rolling stock: 📷
Locos and rolling stock 28 7 1,814 1787283028
ET&WNC Stoney Creek branch in On30

Started by p51 in Journals/Blogs: I'm modeling the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina in On30 (yes, using Bachmann locomotives). Knowing I'd never be able to do true justice to the real railroad, I 'protolanced' a fictional...
Journals/Blogs 847 12 98,465 1787281305
Let’s talk Ops: Next steps with car cards for ops

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 12 15 272 1787280346
The Winchester Branch V2

Started by Nate in Journals/Blogs: After much thought, I have decided to go in a very different direction with my layout. I had always worried about the pinch points at the widest part of the mountain climbing turnback curve, also...
Journals/Blogs 298 11 14,151 1787277694
Weekly Photo Fun - Aug 9-15, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. There were several late-comers in last week's post . Check them out, then come back here afterward
General discussion Photos 29 5 1,260 1787276374
Publisher’s Musings: The hobbyist was always the point

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 17 28 558 1787275161
Southern Pacific's Ventura Subdivision in Los Angeles

Started by Ray Hamilton in Journals/Blogs Southern Pacific Northridge GEMCO Raymer: My layout planning thread was in Dream and Design. http://forum.mrhmag.com/post/southern-pacifics-ventura-subdivision-in-los-angeles-12675291?pid=1335516651 After much delay, we...
Journals/Blogs Southern Pacific Northridge GEMCO Raymer 282 26 16,226 1787274777
Prototype Photographs 2026

Started by Nick Santo in Prototype railroading Photos: Hello! I enjoyed all your photographs from 2025 and before! Thank You for posting them!!! Please feel free to add photos when you have them! I’m sure I’ll have more to add this...
Prototype railroading Photos 394 5 12,816 1787264743
Modeling a Rail to Marine Coal Transfer Pier In the back woods.

Started by Michael Tondee in Journals/Blogs HO scale Scenery Structures Freelance Scratchbuilding: What to do when you’re out of space? Find more. Easier said than done, right, but my Hargetts Hollow removable diorama that sits in front of a not often accessed closet door is one example of...
Journals/Blogs HO scale Scenery Structures Freelance Scratchbuilding 95 12 2,338 1787258650
Weekly Photo Fun - Aug 16-22, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. There was a late-comer in last week's post . Check him out, then come back here afterward.
General discussion Photos 29 5 1,186 1787257621
Does anyone else here like Tyco/Mantuas?

Started by rp model railroads in Locos and rolling stock: Good morning Model Railroad Hobbyists- Just wondering, after scrolling through some of the latest posts under the "Locos" category, are there any other model railroaders here who...
Locos and rolling stock 178 5 12,168 1787255470
Portal Bridge Special

Started by peter-f in Prototype railroading: At Newark, preparing the special run to NYC for new Portal bridge (on return trip) 📷
Prototype railroading 17 9 654 1787252227
Statler Tissue Mill in Augusta, ME

Started by Ben in Prototype railroading Paper Mill: I'm doing research for a future layout - strongly considering modeling the Lower Road from Augusta to Waterville (East Augusta Industrial Track) in the late 90s/early 00s. Initially I'll only have a...
Prototype railroading Paper Mill 82 3 2,453 1787251131
Planes in HO scale

Started by DIamondback in General discussion: Just thought I'd see about starting a list of aircraft to garnish the skies or any airfields on our layouts... Inter-war (1920s-30s) Ryan NYP (Spirit of St Louis) - Model Power Ford...
General discussion 57 6 1,446 1787235517
What size thrust washer for Athearn BB worm?

Started by Rick A. in Locos and rolling stock: Hey gang, I bought some old Stewart AS616s with the Athearn drive. I plan to replace motors and wheels and revise the power pickup system. Getting ready to order some parts, but I'm not at home to...
Locos and rolling stock 2 2 96 1787234676
GP9 Conversion to Dynamic Brakes

Started by Jimu62 in Locos and rolling stock: Good morning. I have two HO Athearn Genesis GP9 NYC w/no dynamic brakes that I wish to repaint and modify to PRR GP9 with dynamic brakes (and yes, trainphones). The hatch is a removable...
Locos and rolling stock 26 4 824 1787229902
Articulated Loco with only One Engine Operational

Started by railandsail in Locos and rolling stock: In general the articulated locos are made up of 2 engines, one in the rear 'truck', and one in the front. Often in our model trains there is only one actual motor, then some sort of linking drive...
Locos and rolling stock 13 2 670 1787229403
MRH Online TOC Index

Started by Bill Brillinger in MRH magazine help: Visit the online MRH TOC Index today! INDEX LAST UPDATED: Aug. 20, 2026 This index replaces the original MRH Table of Contents Index with a fully searchable, mobile friendly, online...
MRH magazine help 97 11 32,065 1787229352
Noise in model engine gearing

Started by Bernd in General discussion #gears: I came across this video. It's the company I worked for, Gleason Works. I believe it is AI generated when it comes to the pictures but the narrative is close to correct on the machine technology. Pay...
General discussion #gears 10 3 317 1787229091
Stonehammer on the move again; need help with redesign .

Started by Deemiorgos in Journals/Blogs: This ongoing project started at the beginning of 2013. 📷 and was put on hiatus from March 2013 📷 to December 2016. ...
Journals/Blogs 471 4 63,317 1787193773
HO Southern RR

Started by Lirrlirr in Journals/Blogs: I have a blog in the railwire, never started one here. I switched from N to HO about 5 years ago…… I model a fictional portion of Southern in the southern WV / western VA panhandle / northeast TN...
Journals/Blogs 316 73 21,409 1787191024
I've got a screw loose: 4-6-2 Brass+Cast GTW 5627 Samhongsa Powerhouse

Started by GT Mills in Locos and rolling stock: Picked up a 4-6-2 Brass+Cast GTW 5627 Samhongsa Powerhouse loco in excellent condition back when I was buying stuff in '21, Ebay $95. Just started running it last week. It runs really smooth, nice...
Locos and rolling stock 35 3 486 1787190594
Barchester, Pennsylvania

Started by Robert (Robin) Mountenay in Journals/Blogs: I haven’t been a regular poster here, though I have shared pictures of several of the layouts I’ve built, including my latest, Barchester. This layout depicted a central Pennsylvania...
Journals/Blogs 838 47 41,466 1787190452
Walthers Branchline and switches?

Started by Oldiron in Track and electrical/DCC: I was looking at Walthers code 83 branchline track but they don't make turnouts to go with it. What is everyone else using with it? Bob
Track and electrical/DCC 5 0 241 1787190265

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