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Cutting Chooch bridge piers

Started by Nate in General discussion: I am trying to cut down some Chooch brisge piers and am having quite a time cutting through them. I am using an Xacto no.235 blade right now and it is taking forever to cut through them. Does anybody...
General discussion 10 2 84 1786639511
workbenches!

Started by missabe406 in General discussion: Wont be building an at home layout till I move again, but I've set up a workspace to work on some projects in the meantime. Mostly weathering and detailing some locos and rolling stock, as well as...
General discussion 95 4 3,793 1786639027
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 45 6 919 1786638604
Derailment on the Horseshoe Curve

Started by Bernd in General discussion: This happened about 2 hours ago. 🎬 Bernd
General discussion 27 2 724 1786637706
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 80 12 1,955 1786637470
Rick's Diner - August 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 32 3 888 1786637433
MTH Big boy ho scale issues

Started by Denver H in Locos and rolling stock: Hi everyone, I'm having problems with an mth ho scale big boy locomotive. It seems the front set of 8 drivers are almost locked / seized up. It's running Ion a NCE powercab....
Locos and rolling stock 1 0 33 1786637387
Using non-modeling skills on your layout

Started by Mister Beasley in General discussion: I've been a model railroader since I was single digits old. First it was O-gauge Lionels, then mostly low-end 60s HO models, and now it's better, more reliable HO engines and upgraded rolling stock...
General discussion 11 1 259 1786637261
Art Deco Office Building N Scale

Started by nscale4x8 in Scenery and structures 3D Printing Structures N Scale: From the 1910s to the 1940s, Art Deco captured the imaginations of Architects and the public. The famous Cincinnati Union Terminal , the inspiration for the Justice League headquarters in comics,...
Scenery and structures 3D Printing Structures N Scale 8 10 251 1786637089
Kilauea Sugar Mill and Railroad

Started by Clauer in Journals/Blogs: This will be my journey in building my freelance version of the Kilauea Sugar Mill and Railroad in On30 My next post will give some history of the real Railroad and my track plan as a " One...
Journals/Blogs 18 13 918 1786635339
An Operating Steam Throttle You Can Customize

Started by Geoff Bunza in General discussion Throttle Steam Loco: An Operating Steam Throttle You Can Customize ...
General discussion Throttle Steam Loco 454 35 22,456 1786634662
Let's See A Model Of... August, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 70 3 1,845 1786634636
HOn2.5 “Occotillo & Lost Mesa RR”

Started by ezlyamuzd66 in Journals/Blogs: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
Journals/Blogs 54 27 1,501 1786629577
Future of hobby publishing?

Started by joef in General discussion: On another thread, some discussion ensued about the future of hobby publishing -- specifically, the future direction of Firecrown, White River, and MRH Media. And perhaps the NMRA Magazine as...
General discussion 188 12 4,096 1786629232
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 99 5 3,370 1786628602
Speaking of hobby shops... I'm looking for one that's pretty business & technologically savvy

Started by Ed Kapuscinski in General discussion: Say I was looking for an online hobby shop to partner with for an interesting online business idea. It has the potential to make them some good scratch but would require them to be...
General discussion 4 2 180 1786628537
Off layout car storage

Started by MSutinen in General discussion: Like some (many?) of us, I have more freight cars than my layout can hold at one time. I'm considering a small cabinet to hold the excess with a foam pad on the bottom of each drawer. My question...
General discussion 65 3 1,655 1786628495
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 21 7 478 1786628418
Help with JMRI

Started by Plachan1 in Track and electrical/DCC: The Wingrove jpg above is my HO layout. My project is to create block detection in order to computerize the running of my locos using JMRI. My equipment is as follows: NCE Power Pro PH5-R...
Track and electrical/DCC 7 1 320 1786628312
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 15 8 416 1786627614
Dual tracks

Started by R0ckie in Track and electrical/DCC: How do I run 2 trains on parallel tracks with a digitrax controller or can it even be done?
Track and electrical/DCC 12 1 273 1786624449
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 4,678 28 531,075 1786622750
Prototype: Kendallville Terminal RR

Started by Ken Rice in Prototype railroading: I was doing a bit of evening virtual railfanning, watching a video of the Kendallville Terminal RR shuffling cars at the Kraft Hienz caramel candy factory with a low nose GP9, and as often happens...
Prototype railroading 1 2 60 1786617069
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 26 12 416 1786616681
Bellows Falls Subdivision build

Started by skiwiggy in Journals/Blogs: This Journal/Blog will showcase the construction and scratchbuilding of structures along the Rutland Bellows Falls Subdivision. Various Scenes starting in Bellows Falls Vermont, heading...
Journals/Blogs 791 20 33,737 1786600137
Q. Regarding Everett Union Station Kit's Tower side workbench support ideas

Started by Everett Union Station lst Sub. in General discussion: My question is: When you glued the front walls (tower side) together, did you have to cobble together underlying supports to lay the entire front wall onto as you glued each section to the...
General discussion 18 3 257 1786591252
The CB&Q in Wyoming, Version 5

Started by Mark Pruitt in Journals/Blogs: Well, we've moved into our new home in Casper, Wyoming, and development of Version 5 of The CB&Q in Wyoming is underway! Today I posted the first monthly update on the new layout to my YouTube...
Journals/Blogs 468 12 33,071 1786590275
$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 32 5 372 1786581935
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 188 14 4,503 1786581219
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 25 4 842 1786580872
Limited Modeler: Testing locos and rolling stock, …

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 10 477 1786580307
Andre Ming

Started by Ancientmariner in In Memoriam: Andre Ming has passed away, from complications following heart surgery.
In Memoriam 137 13 4,216 1786576113
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 829 47 40,994 1786572610
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 4 7 158 1786567885
The Erie Lackawanna Dayton Branch 1964

Started by Jeff Youst in Journals/Blogs: Starting up a blog to chronicle my trials and tribulations for the build of the EL Dayton Branch 1964 has been a long time coming. The past 8 years or so have seen a few fits and starts and some...
Journals/Blogs 83 12 3,718 1786566513
Norfolk Southern - Morristown Airport Industrial District (MAID) in N Scale

Started by Ronald Bokleman in Journals/Blogs: Introduction There exists a wide variety of Model Railroaders who often model railroads of some significance to them from some perspective. That perspective drives and inspires them...
Journals/Blogs 25 8 2,136 1786565752
Collectible Railroad Ephemera

Started by Bshoop in Prototype railroading: I love to collect and read through various employee books/paperwork from railroads I model or am interested in. Employee timetables, rulebooks, orders, waybills, and other paperwork. Mainly LV, CNJ,...
Prototype railroading 77 7 2,731 1786565726
To AI or not to AI

Started by John Buckley in General discussion: I am not very good explaining something in writing so please bear with me. I have been using AI for about a month for different aspects of model railroading and recently I was having trouble with...
General discussion 11 2 307 1786557301
Making Amends.....

Started by Jeff Brauer in General discussion: Had an interesting (to me, we will soon see if it is to you......) discussion that presumed we were in a 12 step program for Model Railroad addition. One of the steps is making amends. I got to...
General discussion 12 5 475 1786553707
Dutch Country Conrail

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs Reading Railroad Operations Planning: 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 Reading Railroad Operations Planning 293 16 11,472 1786550659
Member Railcar Interchanges

Started by Sauced07 in General discussion: As some may have read I was generously gifted a railcar to use on my layout. Because of that I route the car to interchange with him. He models an earlier time but let’s face it, staging...
General discussion 41 11 980 1786548661
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 33 3 420 1786546991
U50C by Overland is Just About Ready to Hit the Rails

Started by Ken Meade in Locos and rolling stock: I got this one off of ebay last week. Just adding the sound decoder to it and a keep alive with an ESU decoder. I'm just about finished packing all that stuff into the shell then I'll put it on the...
Locos and rolling stock 17 4 326 1786531830
Golden Age of Railroad Modeling

Started by jeffshultz in General discussion: As I'm finally finishing up with the News and Announcements for August 2026, I have one thing to say: If the Golden Age of Railroad Modeling is defined by the number of products being developed.......
General discussion 28 25 865 1786530241
Tour of the Pennsylvania Dutch County

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs modular Pennsylvania 1970s layout design: Since I've wrapped up planning for these lines, I wanted to take a poll from the forum on which routes they would want to see in my layout plan. All these routes have been hand drawn, and a best...
Journals/Blogs modular Pennsylvania 1970s layout design 158 5 4,025 1786507057
Allen Keller's Great Model Railroads is Coming to You Tube

Started by filip timmerman in General discussion: This caught my eye and is Great News ! 🎬
General discussion 11 10 670 1786499483
Die cutting threads on a lathe

Started by Bernd in General discussion #lathe: @deemery2 and anybody else interested in all this lathe talk. Not wanting to totally high jack the "I've got a loose screw" or something to that nature. I thought I start a new...
General discussion #lathe 15 10 213 1786495311
Make it Run Like a Dream LOCOMOTIVES

Started by Rio Grande Dan in TMTV general discussion: Hay Joef Any word as to when the paperback version of, "Make it Run Like a Dream : Locomotives" will be coming out ? Dan
TMTV general discussion 39 5 1,567 1786495128
Mary Lee RR (US Pipe/L&N Cane Creek Branch)

Started by Jason in Dream and design: I have been working on a design for a new layout in our new home. I built a house around a big open room for a big layout. The layout is being designed for prototype operations. Background: The...
Dream and design 5 11 334 1786495005
Just collecting Trains...

Started by Warflight in General discussion: I was forced to move after 20 years... I can no longer do a layout, but, I can display trains... engines i like... history... Out hobby has many aspects, and we don't need a layout to do it (or so I...
General discussion 43 16 1,334 1786490360

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