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narrow-gauge railway

Started by deny1969 in General discussion: Good evening. I would like to know if there are any narrow-gauge railways in the United States, and if so, where I might find information and photos. Thank you.
General discussion 10 0 118 1792910614
The November/December 2026 Issue of Railway Modeller Australia is here

Started by xdford in Journals/Blogs: Hi All The November /December 2026 edition of Railway Modeller Australia is here This latest issue can be freely downloaded from… https://sites.google.com/view/rmahome Looking into...
Journals/Blogs 4 3 43 1792909786
Tips For Preventing Dwarf Signal Wire Breakage?

Started by TheTrainRev in Track and electrical/DCC Signal Wiring electrical: Hi Everyone I'm confident most of us have experienced "Dwarf Signal Wire Breakage" at one time or another! My Scenario: I'm under the table (85 yrs old)...
Track and electrical/DCC Signal Wiring electrical 1 1 39 1792908279
Weekly Photo Fun - Oct 25-31, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos photography model railroad photography: 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. Please avoid posting photos manipulated...
General discussion Photos photography model railroad photography 0 0 9 1792907044
Cincinnati West-B&O/PC 1975

Started by RSeiler in Journals/Blogs: Welcome to the Cincinnati West thread! Thanks for stopping by. The photos are hosted here on MRH, so this thread will remain intact as long as MRH exists. Click on 'Read More' for an index with...
Journals/Blogs 4,711 28 534,155 1792906097
Promoting Proto:87

Started by ednadolski in General discussion CORPM project sharing: I will be displaying some of my models at the upcoming CORPM in a few weeks, and in addition to some of my N scale stuff I figured this was a good opportunity to share some of the Proto:87 models...
General discussion CORPM project sharing 38 9 1,192 1792904239
What’s on your workbench? October 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench project sharing forum thread: Many thanks to so many of you who take time to post photos and descriptions of your hobby projects. The last few months this thread has been overflowing with fabulous work. I hope the shared...
General discussion Workbench project sharing forum thread 232 7 7,797 1792902539
Looking north on model railroads is completely arbitrary

Started by Alex Wood in Dream and design Track Planning Layout Dream and Design: Continuation of discussion from this thread: https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/looking-for-opinions-on-my-track-plan-13882149?trail=50 So my original post I was responding to was...
Dream and design Track Planning Layout Dream and Design 104 0 1,633 1792900535
Second section podcast

Started by Monon99 in General discussion: Does anybody know what happened to the second section podcast? I haven’t seen any new posts for a bout 6 months. I really enjoyed their interviews and layout tours.
General discussion 10 2 200 1792900098
Sidewalks

Started by Jake G in Scenery and structures Structures Scenery AI: Hello All, I’m new here and hope I can find some help with HO scale sidewalks. So I posted 2 pictures. 1 is the actual mockup and the second is a AI 🤖 generated image. Amazing what AI...
Scenery and structures Structures Scenery AI 4 0 71 1792899868
Introducing ops to my oldest...

Started by Craig Townsend in Operation and maintenance: This summer on one warm summer day, I brought my oldest along for an introduction to operations. The layout that I took him to was the same one that I learned ops on when I was a teenager. The owner...
Operation and maintenance 48 13 1,760 1792899277
Rick Sutton yells "MORE SPACE...I NEED MORE SPACE......" New layout adventure started.

Started by Rick Sutton in Journals/Blogs new layout: Yeah. Bit the bullet. The existing layout room is too tight and the layout itself is pretty much done and dusted. I could tear it out and start something new but the space would still be sub-optimal...
Journals/Blogs new layout 277 35 12,434 1792899191
DD35A Back From Paint Shop

Started by Ken Meade in Locos and rolling stock: I'm pretty sure I started a thread on this loco a month or so ago but I couldn't find it. I got this brass model on Ebay and sent it off to Andrew Hauser in ILL for a professional UP painting and...
Locos and rolling stock 19 10 419 1792897535
Vancouver Train Show Withdrawal - no cure in sight

Started by MikeHughes in Hobby event notices Train Show Canada prototype railroading: Vancouver, BC area Model Train shows … have gone seriously downhill. With the PNE show now appearing to be gone forever, I trekked out an hour into the valley today to Chilliwack....
Hobby event notices Train Show Canada prototype railroading 1 0 73 1792897425
Full color 3D printers for modeling?

Started by Brian O'Meara in General discussion 3D Printing 3D: There's a new 3D printer that does full color ( HeyGears G1X ): not just the colors of the filament, but actual mixing of inks so you can have gradients. I have no idea if it's good, and it's...
General discussion 3D Printing 3D 11 5 238 1792896131
Podcasts - audio and video

Started by jeffshultz in Journals/Blogs: Over the past few years, podcasts have become part of the internet, and part of many of our lives. Some of them have cultivated communities of listeners/watchers, who organize get-togethers,...
Journals/Blogs 26 7 1,542 1792888756
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 220 20 4,341 1792888309
Tight Re-Boxing a detailed plastic loco

Started by Andy Reichert in Locos and rolling stock BLI boxing locomotive storage: I just tried putting away my many years displayed BLI Cab Forwards in their original boxes. But they seem too tight to go back in without serious risk of damage to the body work and details. Has...
Locos and rolling stock BLI boxing locomotive storage 4 1 112 1792886278
So far so good on thermal expansion & contraction of N scale rails in a varying temperature environment

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC Track N Scale: Some fo you already know that I am building an N scale railway inside a detached garage where sensor-reported humidity changes seem modest so far, but whose indoor temperature is expected to vary...
Track and electrical/DCC Track N Scale 0 0 16 1792886239
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 776 10 20,912 1792885956
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 19 9 586 1792885752
My Fictional Southern Railway Line

Started by Sauced07 in Journals/Blogs: I don't think I have posted a drawing or plan of my layout. I'm not an artist or computer person so this is all I have. I have spoken about my layout elsewhere but figured I would keep some...
Journals/Blogs 308 20 8,889 1792885500
Let's See A Model Of... October, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 119 3 3,271 1792885156
AI found a significant problem in my trackplan BEFORE I laid that section of track with 3-way Electrofrog turnouts

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC Turnouts AI peco: AI found a significant problem in my trackplan BEFORE I laid that section of track with Electrofrog turnouts I am new to model railroading so have much to learn, but I have challenged...
Track and electrical/DCC Turnouts AI peco 25 1 306 1792883912
Block Signal Design, Pere Marquette & Chesapeake 291021

Started by GT Mills in Track and electrical/DCC Signals Pere Marquette PM&C: Now that I've got the LED brightness balancing figured out I can move ahead with automated block signaling. This is what I've come up with. To keep the diagram simple and uncluttered only the outer...
Track and electrical/DCC Signals Pere Marquette PM&C 6 4 182 1792883281
non-radial turntable track

Started by greg ciurpita in Track and electrical/DCC: trying to fit a turntable and engine storage tracks in a corner. any thoughts on keep all the tracks parallel to fit the space? 📷
Track and electrical/DCC 20 3 536 1792883279
Andre Ming

Started by Ancientmariner in In Memoriam: Andre Ming has passed away, from complications following heart surgery.
In Memoriam 183 13 6,150 1792882634
DCC for a small HO Steam Locomotive

Started by RyanAK in Track and electrical/DCC climax DCC conversion sound decoder: Hi, gang. I have myself committed to a bash of a Bachmann 50-ton Climax and could use some advice on adding DCC and sound. Here’s where we’re going: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷...
Track and electrical/DCC climax DCC conversion sound decoder 30 5 419 1792881254
Hobby Shop Customer Service

Started by KennyInNC in General discussion: To Hobby Shop Owners and Employees People still expect proper customer service. Was out of town and hit 5 shops, two of which had owners/employees that totally ignored me yet spoke to other...
General discussion 55 10 1,523 1792880133
floods in 4 Corners region

Started by David Emery in Prototype railroading: Has anyone heard updates on Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec after the flooding in that part of the country? dave
Prototype railroading 2 0 119 1792880053
The Kanawha Chronicles: Scenery and Structures for the KY&N

Started by Pat M in Journals/Blogs: INDEX Rock Cut Update - 12/28/21 https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/kyampn-first-run-and-scenery-12223381?pid=1331484919 Track Plans - 12/29/21...
Journals/Blogs 83 13 6,429 1792878747
login problems... solved!

Started by Sumner in MRH forum help: If I'm logged in I can't see the sub-form 'Track and Electrical'. I can log out and see it. Then I can sometimes login while viewing that forum but if I leave it then it doesn't appear under...
MRH forum help 1 0 30 1792878089
Weekly Photo Fun - Oct 18-24, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion photography model railroad photography: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. There were a few late-comers in last week's post . Check them out, then come back here afterward. Please avoid posting photos manipulated or created...
General discussion photography model railroad photography 26 2 1,073 1792873696
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 34 16 1,234 1792871724
What the best material for custom catenary wire?

Started by pby_fr in Track and electrical/DCC wire catenary materials: As described in my journal ( https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/industrial-and-narrow-gauge-o-scale-13767856?trail=75 ), I'm building a small O-9 electric locomotive, and I struggle with overhead wire. An...
Track and electrical/DCC wire catenary materials 5 0 107 1792869080
Camera Recommendations

Started by soo.line.steve in General discussion photography Cameras: I’m looking to upgrade from my iPhone 17 to a dedicated camera setup for shooting both my modeling projects and for railfanning. I’ve been reading about mirrorless cameras compared to DSLR’s...
General discussion photography Cameras 41 1 618 1792867214
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 47 21 2,322 1792864897
Dutch Country Railroads

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs Operations Planning Penn Central Reading Company: I figured this would be a good place for a supplemental blog to my article “Dutch Country Conrail” in the April 2025 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. I have a few threads floating...
Journals/Blogs Operations Planning Penn Central Reading Company 360 20 14,760 1792864683
Envirotex water

Started by Rick Beatty in Scenery and structures: What is the thickness of the cured product when using Envirotex Lite to create a harbor scene?
Scenery and structures 64 1 1,092 1792864533
Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway - v2.0

Started by anteaum2666 in Journals/Blogs Layout: I officially "broke ground" on version 2.0 of the Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway on February 19, 2026. It's been about 7 months since our move and I'm excited to get back in the game!...
Journals/Blogs Layout 131 11 5,064 1792864449
Weekly Photo Fun - Oct 11-17, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. Please avoid posting photos manipulated or created with AI -- there is another thread for those.
General discussion Photos 45 5 2,124 1792863103
Running on The Tampa Northern

Started by SALGUY in Locos and rolling stock: Lets check out a few videos of some trains running on my Tampa Northern. The railroad is finally up and running again. 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬
Locos and rolling stock 5 1 130 1792862722
TrainFest November 7-8, Milwaukee WI

Started by Neal M in Hobby event notices Train Show: TrainFest is 2 weeks away! Show hours are 9AM - 4PM Saturday & Sunday The list of vendors keeps on growing, although it's not accurate. We'll be there in the manufacturer's...
Hobby event notices Train Show 4 1 91 1792861702
Boxcar Gulch - Module

Started by Dan Bachman in Journals/Blogs Free-mo model railroad layout construction: When I was 7, my father introduced me to model railroading when he brought home an HO engine and a few boxcars. I was hooked and over the next 5 years we built a layout in our basement. Then my...
Journals/Blogs Free-mo model railroad layout construction 18 20 811 1792861144
Bottle brush tree problems

Started by jimcubie1@gmail.com in Scenery and structures tree yarn materials: In the past, I have made bottlebrush trees with no hassles. Now when I try to make them, they are getting knotted up. I think it may be the twine which I am using using has fuzz on it. What kind of...
Scenery and structures tree yarn materials 0 2 57 1792860793
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 54 14 2,810 1792859061
Limited Modeler: Putting new life into the new layout

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Buy 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 16 11 390 1792858853
Metrolink receives grants for emmission cutting fleet renewal

Started by Volker in Prototype railroading: Metrolink, headquartered in Los Angeles, has received grants totaling up to $59.3 million for two zero-emission rail vehicles. Another grant of up to $87.4 million is for the purchase of 12...
Prototype railroading 13 1 645 1792854625
Your First Loco

Started by Pennsy_Nut in Locos and rolling stock Locomotive Nostalgia: Just for curiosity. What was your first loco? And do you still have it? Does it run to the best of your knowledge? To start. Mine was a Penn Line H10 Consolidation, bought as best I can recall...
Locos and rolling stock Locomotive Nostalgia 42 5 734 1792850700
My SP/SSW freight car roster quest

Started by SPSHASTAROUTE in Journals/Blogs Prototype Freelancing: My favorite part of the hobby is prototype modeling of locos and cars. After a move a few years back, I lost my basement layout and kinda lost interest in trains. Our current home is...
Journals/Blogs Prototype Freelancing 11 4 287 1792846325

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