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Rapido Sound File Download Process

Started by Ken Meade in Track and electrical/DCC: I'm troubleshooting a couple of Rapido E8 units and decided to get the original sound file from Rapido so I could reset the ESU decoder to the original settings as received from Rapido. The operator...
Track and electrical/DCC 5 0 72 1781544583
Jeff Says Mildly Controversial Things #1

Started by jeffshultz in Journals/Blogs: Okay, I'm going to start an occasional topic (who knows how occasional...) where I'm going to make a statement that may be mildly controversial... or it may end up being very controversial... or I'll...
Journals/Blogs 124 23 3,255 1781542752
Rick's Diner - June 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 77 3 1,582 1781540909
What’s on your workbench? June 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: Here we are in June already! I know modeling time becomes more difficult in the warmer months, but we all appreciate seeing your workbench and layout projects! Thank you for sharing some great...
General discussion Workbench 104 5 3,259 1781539562
Old trainset bridge - Bachmann Plasticville Through Truss ???

Started by Kirk W in Scenery and structures: Hey Gang, I bought a collection and as I was sorting the good things from the junk, I ran across this old through truss bridge. I have asked around and nobody can really indentify it, likely...
Scenery and structures 12 6 237 1781538631
HO MIkados

Started by Mark Pruitt in Locos and rolling stock: I have nine or ten BLI Mikados - they're the main freight power in my fleet. They're the older Paragon ones from the early 2000's, plus a couple of the Blueline versions thrown in. I like them - they...
Locos and rolling stock 9 2 87 1781537920
Tsunami2 Functions and ESU Functions

Started by Sixman76 in Track and electrical/DCC: Do the Soundtrax Tsunami2 FX3-FX8 Output Functions correspond one-to-one to the ESU LokSound5 AUX1-AUX8 functions or are they totally different or does a motherboard for the decoder change...
Track and electrical/DCC 14 2 338 1781537726
Let's See A Model Of... June, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 100 3 2,315 1781536231
Fort Worth & Denver in HO scale

Started by JLGuess in Journals/Blogs: Howdy all! I want to begin by saying I’m not new to the hobby or the forum. Due to not having access to my old email account I’m having to create a new account here. I’m starting this blog to...
Journals/Blogs 22 7 1,087 1781535689
Dutch Country Conrail

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs Reading Railroad Operations Pennsylvania Design drawing & 1 more: 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 Pennsylvania Design drawing & 1 more 205 14 8,035 1781533035
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 702 20 29,604 1781532891
WAYPOINT: Web-Based Layout Operations Software

Started by david_d. in Operation and maintenance Operations Software: I have a very small HO shelf layout called Moline Alley that's basically set up like an Inglenook. It occupies a 13"-deep, 6-foot-long shelf over my home office desk. In the past, I operated it...
Operation and maintenance Operations Software 3 1 85 1781532317
Limited Modeler: Building the Ballville power plant

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 42 18 1,117 1781528058
CP Rail's Newport & Lyndonville Subdivision

Started by CP Rail Vermont in Journals/Blogs HO scale Weathering Scenery: About a year ago I started a Facebook Group dedicated to construction of my layout and sharing photos as I went, but unfortunately I haven't been posting much on the MRH forum. I'd like to...
Journals/Blogs HO scale Weathering Scenery 1,933 32 140,003 1781527791
Weekly Photo Fun - Jun 14-20, 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 14 2 461 1781522407
April Train Talk is Here

Started by xdford in Journals/Blogs: Hi All, The April issue is finally available and its a nice read... enjoy! https://sites.google.com/view/traintalk01 Cheers and happy reading! Trevor
Journals/Blogs 1 3 122 1781520437
EMD 567 firing order and angle between throws on crank

Started by RedDogF5 in Prototype railroading: Does anyone know what it is? My research says throws every 45 degrees, but then the firing order is a little confusing because you have pairs of cylinders firing simultaneously. and then my research...
Prototype railroading 12 2 471 1781505639
The Quanah Acme & Pacific RY, a Protolance Model RR in HO

Started by Tom D Holley in General discussion: A little back ground. I grew up along the Quanah Acme and Pacific RY (QA&P) in the west Texas community of Swearingen, now a long gone ghost town. My Grandfather was first a laborer, and...
General discussion 224 18 6,971 1781499026
Andre Ming

Started by Ancientmariner in In Memoriam: Andre Ming has passed away, from complications following heart surgery.
In Memoriam 100 12 2,760 1781498068
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 4,658 28 529,597 1781493611
Bachmann On30 Mogul help

Started by Reg Hearn in Locos and rolling stock: This is a bit of a story... My layout is progressing. Track is getting laid. The Bachmann 2-8-0 (consolidation) is a great help in ensuring smooth trackwork. That thing is so fussy that the...
Locos and rolling stock 17 2 221 1781493011
What’s a Good Plastic Primer

Started by Ray Hamilton in Scenery and structures Paint: I’ve recently been using Tamiya’s plastic primer for the kit-bashing project I’m working on. Unfortunately, the 180 ml spray can runs out quickly. Are any of the full size cans, Rust’0leum,...
Scenery and structures Paint 15 3 399 1781489695
Switchlist Creator in Access

Started by jeffshultz in Operation and maintenance: Project: A Microsoft Access database holding the locations on a layout, the types of cars by AAR code those locations accept, and the rolling stock in use. Goal: To create a form in which the...
Operation and maintenance 21 3 342 1781488878
General Motors Van Nuys Assembly Plant - a.k.a. GEMCO

Started by Ray Hamilton in Scenery and structures GEMCO: First Scratch Building Attempt For those following my blog, I've started my first kit-bash with Walther's Valley Citrus. Well, while waiting for some paint, I went ahead and designed the...
Scenery and structures GEMCO 10 10 366 1781486810
Northridge Packing a.k.a. Valley Citrus

Started by Ray Hamilton in Scenery and structures: Since this is my first kit-bashing attempt I thought I’d document the journey. For Northridge Packing on my layout I needed a bigger structure than a single Walthers Valley Citrus. I...
Scenery and structures 4 11 267 1781485747
suggestions for using AI and design software for 3D printing

Started by AlanLC in General discussion 3D Printing AI: I just got a 3D printer, an Elegoo Saturn Pro 16k model, and I'm pulling out the rest of my hair trying to use it. Many of the free files available are not very good. (I know, free = ?????) I'm not...
General discussion 3D Printing AI 29 1 287 1781485189
Canadian National 344860 Class Ore Car 3D STL Design

Started by philip cunningham in Locos and rolling stock 3D Printing Iron Ore Mining Rolling Stock: Canadian National 344860 Class Ore Car 3D STL Design Philip Cunningham Here is a model of a Canadian National (CN) Railroad class 344860 ore car for 3D FDM and resin...
Locos and rolling stock 3D Printing Iron Ore Mining Rolling Stock 5 9 178 1781484942
How did Alco 4000 (ne. UP4014) get to Chicago?

Started by arkyflyer in General discussion 4014 Big Boy: Just read a statement that may be AI-induced "history". The statement says that "history was made when 4014" touched rails in Indiana for the first time ever . Does...
General discussion 4014 Big Boy 13 1 391 1781484718
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 4,342 23 418,842 1781482922
PROTO:48 General Discussion

Started by Andy Reichert in General discussion PROTO:48: Since Proto:48 keeps popping up on topics of other scales, I though it would be good to start up a topic specific to PROTO:48 for those working on it, or even just interested. Andy
General discussion PROTO:48 103 3 2,470 1781482817
Liquid masking tape

Started by JeffBulman in General discussion: Has anyone here used liquid masking tape with positive results? If so what brand worked for you? Jeff
General discussion 6 1 228 1781480640
A Most Interesting Layout Room Entrance

Started by Sauced07 in General discussion: I received a gracious invitation to view a fabulous N Scale layout. I needed to share this unique entrance to the layout room. 📷 📷
General discussion 9 22 425 1781476679
Maryland Midland 2.0

Started by Nevin W. Wilson in Journals/Blogs: My previous version of the Maryland Midland was build in the attic of a farm house. We recently moved to a new town home that fortunately has a 18x23 finished attic so it will soon hold the new...
Journals/Blogs 198 7 11,285 1781476376
Just some footage from my modelrailroadclub

Started by Erwin Schuurman in General discussion: Hi everybody! Just some random clips from The Frisian modelrailroadclub in Leeuwarden the Netherlands.Where i have been a proud member off for...Oh no...almost 27 years already!.Just for...
General discussion 11 14 468 1781468296
June magazines status

Started by joef in MRH magazine help: MRH: Out late June 16th (day late) RE: Out early June 18th (day and half late) Details: Two days out of the office unplanned. I continue to have dental health issues … this time a...
MRH magazine help 5 8 256 1781462471
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 Eastern Leg

Started by Rick Beatty in Prototype railroading: The schedule for the trip east has been released. Major display stops are: May 30 – Omaha, Nebraska (near the Union Pacific's historic Milepost 0) June 3 – West Chicago, Illinois June...
Prototype railroading 138 6 2,924 1781446224
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 463 12 32,758 1781445518
Steam Power before Dynamic Brakes

Started by Rick Beatty in Prototype railroading: Watching videos I noticed that 4014 has had diesel locomotives in the train. Curious I looked things up and found this statement: Union Pacific No. 4015 is an SD70M type diesel locomotive...
Prototype railroading 52 3 872 1781438965
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 17 4 387 1781415809
AC&Y’s Spur 4 – A N Scale Prototype Modeling Adventure

Started by AC&Y Guy Steve in Journals/Blogs N Scale: Welcome to my N scale prototype modeling adventure. I'll begin with an Index page as Joe suggests. The Prototype I'm Prototype Modeling
Journals/Blogs N Scale 79 8 3,670 1781412101
Active/Growing Model Railroading Regions?

Started by RichmondTerminal in General discussion: I'd like to explore a thought I had about a week or so ago. I saw a house go on the market here, and mentioned it to a neighbor (who happens to be a fellow modeler) and in the course of the...
General discussion 32 2 793 1781404625
Rio Grande - Tennessee Pass ‘78

Started by ezlyamuzd66 in Journals/Blogs: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 I thought I’d start this blog to keep a record of my slow but consistent progress on my layout I’ve attached my initial layout design but have already...
Journals/Blogs 426 20 16,688 1781399861
Keep Alive Education

Started by Kirk W in Track and electrical/DCC: Alright.... Where are the electronic nerds? I have enough knowledge to be a serious danger to decoders. There are a couple of MRH articles in May 2019 back issues on Keep Alives...
Track and electrical/DCC 26 1 442 1781398290
Stepping into O scale

Started by dperry in Journals/Blogs O scale: I am a long-time HO modeler with a garage layout in progress. Glacial progress. I have been thinking about O for a number of years and a while back I finally did something about it: I...
Journals/Blogs O scale 118 10 5,401 1781392749
U.P. N Scale Rotary Snow Plow -- Design & Build....

Started by Sumner in Locos and rolling stock: Should have the build details and print file links up for the N scale U.P. rotary snowplow in the next few days. Meanwhile a video of it almost done.... . 🎬 . I'll post back when the rest is...
Locos and rolling stock 0 1 45 1781386783
QSI Decoder Issues

Started by sd40-2fan in Track and electrical/DCC: I bought a used Walthers SW8 that had a QSI sound decoder in it. Unfortunately it seems to have the problem that it won't stop unless the emergency stop is pressed. And when pressed...
Track and electrical/DCC 35 1 3,257 1781384146
At which point do we give up?

Started by southdown in Locos and rolling stock: 🎬 A little philosophical rant about how sometimes something just won't work. That one model that just won't work no matter the effort. The question remains: at which point do we give up? And do...
Locos and rolling stock 19 15 878 1781377800
A really basic, unnoticed model railroading controversy, hiding in plain sight?

Started by Andy Reichert in Operation and maintenance: Which came first, model railroading "operations" or model box car manufacturers? Selling a model US passenger train is a typically a one off deal. But model box car sales...
Operation and maintenance 44 1 1,575 1781368777
knob vs buttons ? accel/brake buttons

Started by greg ciurpita in Track and electrical/DCC: i built an NCE compatible controller using buttons and was surprised to almost immediately find it more comfortable to use. More recently i've found using an knob with locos having...
Track and electrical/DCC 42 0 766 1781364920
Bringing Back the Wichita Northwestern (Input Welcomed)

Started by Robert J. Thomas in Dream and design: Hey All, Working on a concept to bring back the Wichita Northwestern as a regional shortline in West-Central Kansas in a more modern era. The prototype line ran from just...
Dream and design 201 16 6,229 1781364472

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