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The rise of the machines, or the beginning of the demise of AI?

Started by MikeHughes in General discussion General discussion AI Microsoft: Today was interesting in the IT business. I’ve noticed for a while now that Microsoft’s patches are getting worse. Last week one deployed 32 bit code on 64 bit machines buggering Edge...
General discussion General discussion AI Microsoft 24 6 364 1794616664
November magazine status

Started by joef in General discussion magazine release schedule: I have some good news and some bad news. Good news: Have been on track to do an on-time release of MRH by the 15th and RE by the 16th. Bad news: We have to leave today (13th) to do...
General discussion magazine release schedule 6 8 146 1794616485
Air Traffic Control nationwide Ground Stop

Started by David Emery in Prototype railroading prototype railroading: Well, the US rail system is nowhere near as integrated as the US air system. The apparent cause is a communications breakdown between ATC control centers. But as the recent accident in...
Prototype railroading prototype railroading 5 1 38 1794615792
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 468 8 16,555 1794614622
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 972 48 48,786 1794614499
What’s on your workbench? November 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench Photos project sharing: Holy cow! MRH Forum modelers posted and shared nearly 300 comments and projects to the Workbench thread last month! Thank you for taking the time to comment and post photos and descriptions of your...
General discussion Workbench Photos project sharing 126 6 4,350 1794613389
What's new on your layout?...

Started by blhs569 in General discussion Workbench Layout project sharing: Gonna try a familiar topic with a twist... I noticed it is quite common for folks to post photos of something they added to their layout in the "Workbench" thread. It seems to me those...
General discussion Workbench Layout project sharing 31 10 1,260 1794612505
Buffalo Creek & Western

Started by Denny99 in Journals/Blogs: Buffalo Creek & Western is a freelanced HO scale model railroad layout set in Montana in 1985. Heavily inspired by Tom Johnson's Cass County track plan (and rural setting), the BC&W is an...
Journals/Blogs 56 21 2,818 1794612486
Achievable? 28-ton Narrow Gauge Climax

Started by RyanAK in Journals/Blogs Narrow Gauge Scratchbuilding climax proto-freelance: Some here may remember that I have a long interest in the short lines and logging railroads of my native Pennsylvania. Particularly, the White Deer & Loganton has had a firm grip on me for...
Journals/Blogs Narrow Gauge Scratchbuilding climax proto-freelance 140 6 2,244 1794612408
Let's See A Model Of... November, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 74 1 1,891 1794611920
Ultrasonic cutters, again

Started by Roundhouse Jim in General discussion Tools Kitbashing Styrene: Has anyone tried out one of these ultrasonic cutters on the market? I found some discussion threads from several years ago about the Micromark Wondercutter and the consensus seemed to be that it...
General discussion Tools Kitbashing Styrene 0 3 18 1794610422
painting backdrops

Started by demented-tiger in Scenery and structures: For those of you who paint your own backdrops, what sort of paints do you use for fine details? Craft-store acrylics that come pre-mixed in a variety of colors and are sold in plastic bottles? Or...
Scenery and structures 28 2 592 1794610320
Tom Johnson's Cass County Railroad

Started by TomJohnson in Journals/Blogs: 📷 Hello! It has been a long time since I have posted anything here. I had a blog (journal) going several years ago under the L&IN and INRAIL theme that had a big following. That...
Journals/Blogs 1,340 69 112,683 1794610068
The Kanawha Chronicles: Starting Over - Track Planning

Started by Pat M in Journals/Blogs Track Planning modular layout rebuild: After an excessive period of agonizing and hand wringing, I have reached the decision to fully dismantle the previous layout and start over. Our family has made a plan to switch some rooms...
Journals/Blogs Track Planning modular layout rebuild 7 5 237 1794606849
1974 period collection

Started by Deemiorgos in General discussion: These will be the eight cars used for my inglenook. All have the ACI labels/plates on them. I'll turn these images into cards for shuffling. I have a auto carrier, but is too long for inglenook...
General discussion 186 9 20,096 1794604594
What's the best way to wire this N-scale classification yard ladder?

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC Wiring yard ladders N-scale: This photo shows the classiciation yard ladder in the N-scale layout I am currently building: 📷 You can see that this yard ladder starts at the lower RHS turnout, and includes...
Track and electrical/DCC Wiring yard ladders N-scale 26 1 331 1794603604
Darigold Creamery Issaquah

Started by Craig Townsend in Journals/Blogs: One more building for the layout. The bread and butter industry for the Issaquah spur and reason the railroad kept the branchline alive for as long as it did. 📷 ...
Journals/Blogs 34 9 1,485 1794602322
Cleaning Soldering Joints?

Started by Al Carter in Track and electrical/DCC Soldering cleaning electrical: My soldering skills are not my best subject in this ongoing model railroading journey, and are somewhat rusty to boot. I have read that it is a good idea to clean solder joints, I guess to remove...
Track and electrical/DCC Soldering cleaning electrical 14 1 371 1794600995
N&AC 2.0 Track Planning

Started by anteaum2666 in Dream and design Track Planning layout design Benchwork: Welcome to my Blog! After 10 years of fun I had to take down the Nicholas & Ashley Creek RY for a move to a new home. I saved most of the major scenes and have started planning for the new space....
Dream and design Track Planning layout design Benchwork 265 14 5,421 1794598531
Weakly AI Foto Phun November 1 - 30, 2026

Started by jeffshultz in General discussion AI: The Weakly AI Foto Phun is for photos, both model and prototype, that have been manipulated via AI for more than simply removing a pole or adding a sky backdrop. This week's starter image...
General discussion AI 13 8 513 1794598442
Silesian Mountain Railway Germany/Czechoslovakia/Poland 1950-1970 (ish) A Make-Believe Railroad (MBR)

Started by DavidGibson in Journals/Blogs European: My layout while purporting to be the Silesian Mountain (range) Railroad (East Germany to Czechoslovakia/Poland 1950s-1970s) it is mostly make-believe. I am not worried if the buildings look right or...
Journals/Blogs European 48 17 1,673 1794598433
Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13, modeled using LEGO

Started by Emperor of the North in Journals/Blogs: Hello friends and modelers. This is my first post on MRH. My name is Glenn Holland, I'm a young mechanical engineer in the rail industry, and my modeling efforts are done with Lego bricks. I've...
Journals/Blogs 29 15 4,019 1794596949
A New Start: Beyond Stonehammer

Started by Deemiorgos in Journals/Blogs CN layout design proto-freelance: Ryan has inspired me to start a new topic about my new layout. The location will still be in the Maritimes/Eastern Canada circa 1956 far up the river from the Bay of Fundy hence the...
Journals/Blogs CN layout design proto-freelance 74 22 1,664 1794590721
Pokey 3.0 - Scenery

Started by pldvdk in Scenery and structures: With the completion of the fascia on my layout, it's time to start a new chapter in the ongoing saga of the Pokey 3.0! This thread will follow the scenery work (and other odds and ends) that...
Scenery and structures 813 10 21,952 1794590393
Layout Christmas Card With Help From AI.

Started by BATMAN in General discussion Christmas photography AI: I am not a fan of AI altered photo’s, however, snow is a really messy business on a layout. I took some of my layout pic’s and had AI add snow for a Christmas card. I told AI to not...
General discussion Christmas photography AI 17 8 366 1794589295
Prototype example of a switchback in an industrial spur

Started by Rick A. in General discussion: This is a crop of the track arrangement at St. Louis Union Station. Note the powerhouse at center, with the tail track up along the mail building. 📷
General discussion 19 6 698 1794588222
FRIDAY ONLY! Special NOCH Meet & Greet – 3–5 PM At TrainLand

Started by trainworld in Hobby event notices: 📷 Meet Rainer Noch at TrainLand and Save Even More! Join us for a special in-store event with Rainer Noch, Co-Managing Director of NOCH Scenery , and enjoy an extra discount on in-stock...
Hobby event notices 4 3 87 1794581446
Filler for Gaps in Styrene?

Started by ChuckS in General discussion Styrene materials: What do you recommend using to fill gaps in styrene? I know of the following products. Vallejo Plastic Putty Acrylic Paste AK Interactive Hard Putty Green Putty Acrylic Modeling Filler The...
General discussion Styrene materials 16 2 363 1794580972
Which needle-tip bottles do you use for MEK?

Started by vinceg in General discussion Tools Styrene materials: I'm looking to get some small bottles for dispensing MEK to build some styrene structures. Some questions: What bottles do you use? I'm thinking an ounce or two or less. Plastic or glass?...
General discussion Tools Styrene materials 24 2 425 1794578690
Rick's Diner - November 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 95 3 2,111 1794578019
Airbrush mini compressors

Started by jimcubie1@gmail.com in General discussion: Is there a mini compressor anyone would recommend?
General discussion 87 2 5,927 1794541366
A novel 16.5 mm shelf layout idea and experiment.

Started by Andy Reichert in Dream and design Shelf Layout Passenger Trains HO 00: Could this work? I'm about to try. Building a passenger oriented shelf layout along a 56 ft outdoor back yard fence. One that could be used (with lots of imagination) to operate as several...
Dream and design Shelf Layout Passenger Trains HO 00 32 3 1,313 1794541111
P48 O Scale Layout Build: ‘Ashland City’

Started by JD.Hill in Journals/Blogs O scale Switching Layout: As my HO scale layout nears completion, I'm embarking on my next modeling journey: a small 2-Rail O scale layout. This new layout will occupy currently-vacant space above my display cabinets in the...
Journals/Blogs O scale Switching Layout 109 33 7,961 1794539403
Did you know? Ever seen fenders on a Steam Locomotive....

Started by PM Railfan in Locos and rolling stock: Hello Railfans! How many of you know Steam Locomotives had fenders? How many of you have ever seen fenders on a Steamer before? Did you even know fenders on a Steam Locomotive was such a...
Locos and rolling stock 3 11 249 1794535301
An idea to reduce voltage loss due to limited capacity Digitrax Zephyr and Digitrax PM74 terminal wire size limitations

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC DCC Digitrax Wiring: I have discovered something that Digitrax does not publicize very well if at all: The Digitrax Zephyr and Digitrax PM74 apparently will not reliably accept any wire gauge larger than 16...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC Digitrax Wiring 134 2 1,444 1794510001
The Ruphe & Tumbelle Railway Company, What's New

Started by On30guy in Journals/Blogs: Hello all. 📷 I've been posting here for a few years now and have decided that instead of starting separate little blogs for every little idea I have I should consolidate things a...
Journals/Blogs 4,473 28 425,335 1794497806
TLRR - Route of the demented-tiger

Started by demented-tiger in Journals/Blogs: I am the demented-tiger. By now, most of you probably have a good idea of my model railroad ambitions. For those of you who don’t – and/or for those who need a refresher – here is my...
Journals/Blogs 7 3 449 1794488307
Building Riverbend

Started by thewizard1 in Scenery and structures: After leaving Beaver Falls heading north through the mountain you come to the town of Riverbend. After crossing the Emerson river is the town of Moosehead. It has taken me awhile to decide...
Scenery and structures 292 20 6,528 1794486934
Blockbuster Video: It's 1999

Started by Dan Sullivan in Scenery and structures N-scale Nostalgia: A true gen-X institution that has, sadly, faded into oblivion. To be resurrected, if I can figure it out, on the New Jersey N scale layout. The windows, and ticket sign look like they will...
Scenery and structures N-scale Nostalgia 19 10 648 1794467729
Andre Ming

Started by Ancientmariner in In Memoriam: Andre Ming has passed away, from complications following heart surgery.
In Memoriam 196 13 6,644 1794459490
Another terrible HST crash in Spain. Something went seriously wrong.

Started by Andy Reichert in General discussion: No news at this early stage, but how one train managed to rear end another is indicative of a very serious problem. Andy
General discussion 100 3 2,258 1794457206
Adding keyboard buttons to Engine Driver - Was - Not an Ad ....Take 3 minutes and watch this...

Started by Sumner in General discussion: The following is not an ad....merely a demonstration of a keyboard you can connect to EngineDriver. I have no monetary gain from the demo. 🎬 . More info here...
General discussion 19 8 626 1794445807
"Lest we forget" 1918 - 2026 November 11

Started by Deemiorgos in MRH forum help: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
MRH forum help 22 15 707 1794440880
Droopy coupler (Walthers Amtrak)

Started by GerardW in Locos and rolling stock Rolling Stock Walthers couplers: One of 6 couplers (on a set of 3 cars) on a 85' Walthers Amtrak rolling stock is "droopy." I've tried adding thin layers of Kapton tape but it's not helping much. When the coupler is in...
Locos and rolling stock Rolling Stock Walthers couplers 11 2 328 1794440625
Recommendations for an electric pin vice

Started by dperry in Benchwork and roadbed O scale Handlaying: I need to make a lot of tiny holes (sad story included) and a manual pin vice is not going to cut it. When I say tiny, I mean about a #78 drill bit and by a lot I mean several hundred. I am...
Benchwork and roadbed O scale Handlaying 31 3 937 1794437211
Lifelike sd9 paint stripping

Started by casper893 in General discussion Lifelike Paints cleaning: .It is an older model with factory paint I used 91 %isopropyl alcohol soaked for 5 hrs and wouldn’t remove the paint .is there anything else that will work and...
General discussion Lifelike Paints cleaning 8 1 203 1794430695
UglyK5 Layout v5.0 Blog

Started by UglyK5 in Journals/Blogs: I’ve started building the fifth iteration of my model railroad, and will blog about it here. We moved three times in the last three years. I had hoped to reuse the many modules that I had...
Journals/Blogs 114 9 4,950 1794428856
The skyscraper underground spurs on my futuristic Year 2050 N scale layout

Started by JimGnitecki in Dream and design layout design N-scale: When I designed my futuristic Year 2050 N scale layout, I made sure I incldued a feature that the futurists are emphasizing: By that time period, there will be many underground railway spurs...
Dream and design layout design N-scale 2 2 107 1794423734
Excel Railcar -- a 36"x90" Carshop Switching Layout

Started by CN/IC Isaac in Journals/Blogs: Having now torn down the old Heyworth Spur, moved and settled into the new house (see my last thread here:...
Journals/Blogs 58 14 3,122 1794411697
Wild ebay find (Bat train)

Started by Thomas shannon in General discussion: Speechless 🙊 lol, strangely interesting 📷
General discussion 5 3 307 1794410078

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