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Started by joef in General discussion: The folks who dislike graffiti seem to want a place to post so here you go. This thread is an experiment to see how long it will last before it gets heated. If this turns into a flame war, we will...
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Looking for volunteer(s) to help update Track Plan database index

Started by joef in Dream and design: When we moved to the new forum over a year ago, the track plan database index broke. All the links changed, and there's no automated way to update the index. Sooo ... we're looking for one...
Dream and design 22 2 1,980 1772048975
Automate a reverse loop.

Started by Will_Annand in Track and electrical/DCC: I have another question for the Arduino experts out there. I have a single track mainline on my layout with a reverse loop on each end. I have the Digitrax Auto reverse...
Track and electrical/DCC 34 1 309 1772048850
Let's See A Model Of... February, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 165 4 3,248 1772048729
"AnneliesVille RR" Version II - What's new.

Started by filip timmerman in Dream and design: General info: -Basement room size 6.30m x 4.30m or 20.7' x 14.1' -Ho scale; PECO track Code 100 -Turnouts Medium for Mainlines and Small for Industrie spurs -Open landscape with continuous...
Dream and design 130 15 3,486 1772048529
Track Plan Database Index

Started by Bill Brillinger in Dream and design: Index to the MRH track plan database . (Sorted alphabetically by username) 171 plans ... 2slim's Winchester Terminal Railroad layout plan version 1 A AGHRMatt's Redlands Loop...
Dream and design 9 2 112,676 1772048376
A Year of Travelling

Started by NorthBrit in Journals/Blogs: I know that I post sometimes on various threads ---- This is my last post for some time as we are to travel the world. Trains across part of Europe to Italy to see friends Travel by ship to...
Journals/Blogs 101 14 2,340 1772047939
Interesting Prototype Trackwork - Post Your Favorites

Started by porthos in General discussion: I had forgotten that I had stored away this interesting bit of trackwork when I was browsing the Denver Public Library Western History Collection. Its a street trackage scene with both trolly and...
General discussion 62 10 1,306 1772047710
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 198 14 4,032 1772047643
Shamrock Logging & Navigation Co. - Layout Journal

Started by Thomas1911 in Journals/Blogs: Hello all, First, a short introduction. My name is Thomas. I’ve been reading MRH and mostly lurking here on the forums for quite a few years now. Like most here, I’ve had a near life-long...
Journals/Blogs 71 25 3,732 1772045551
Is there a better way to clean the airbrush nozzle?

Started by Rick Beatty in Operation and maintenance: At the end of a painting session I always break down the airbrush to give it a thorough cleaning. I never bought an "official" cleaning kit as I figured I had stuff already on hand...
Operation and maintenance 6 1 93 1772044968
Headlight for Plymouth Locomotive

Started by mcderek in Track and electrical/DCC: I'm working on a On30 Plymouth and would like to install a headlight and back up light. Does anyone offer ready to go kits for them- Bulbs (LED or Grain of Wheat), and needed resistors? Just...
Track and electrical/DCC 9 0 168 1772044915
3D Printing Needed

Started by john holt in General discussion: I have put my Heritage 2-8-8-2 project on the back burner for a short and have got back to installing servo brackets et al for my turnouts. I have been modifying some pieces on my servo brackets but...
General discussion 2 1 91 1772044774
Drawbar for P2K Heritage 2-8-8-2

Started by john holt in General discussion: I recently purchased a P2K Heritage 2-8-8-2 loco. The loco unfortunately had a broken drawbar. The semicircular loop that snaps onto the stem in the tender is broken from the drawbar from the...
General discussion 22 2 397 1772044558
Thinning acrylic paint

Started by Rick Beatty in General discussion: I have been having success using the MRH HP thinner to shoot Vallejo paints with the airbrush. I have some Tamiya X-33 paint that I want to use on a project so I looked at the Tamiya...
General discussion 11 1 110 1772041781
Safely Removing Rapido Lettering?

Started by MikeHughes in Locos and rolling stock: I have a duplicate of this Rapido sleeper car and need to re-letter one of them with a different car name. 📷 Has anyone safely done this without buggering the paint...
Locos and rolling stock 22 5 404 1772041542
Rick's Diner - February 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 245 4 4,018 1772041157
Sakura Gelly Roll Pens

Started by JC Shall in General discussion: Anybody used these pens? I saw someone use a white one to color the raised lettering on a model car tire and it looked fantastic. I went to Amazon to learn a bit about them, and they come in white...
General discussion 6 1 176 1772039203
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 687 47 33,848 1772037837
Limited Modeler: Ballville layout build progress

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Buy this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have here. Want more articles like this one? Give us a like on the lower right 📷...
Magazine feedback 48 11 743 1772035807
Removing decals from Accurail cars

Started by Ben in Locos and rolling stock: I have an Accurail 4600 centerflow that I'd like to remove some of the decals from so I can patch it for another road. I've tried microsol, which did nothing, HP reducer, which started...
Locos and rolling stock 20 3 653 1772034376
New Tracks Modeling Zoom Meet

Started by Bernd in General discussion #New Tracks Modeling: To night at 7:00PM EST Zoom Meet Tonight is New Tracks Modeling Zoom meet night. I'll be presenting part two of my HOn30 diesel boxcabs that were built as a tribute to a fallen member of...
General discussion #New Tracks Modeling 0 0 27 1772034246
What's on your workbench? February 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: Winter is modeling season and your project updates are welcome here! Let’s face it, there will be six more weeks of this stuff. Many thanks to everyone who contributed their workbench progress and...
General discussion Workbench 133 3 5,248 1772029311
Wiring an Arduino with push button and LED to control turnouts.

Started by Will_Annand in Track and electrical/DCC: As I stated earlier, I received all the components necessary to power my turnouts. I thought I had everything worked out as per the diagrams below. NOTE: diagrams updated with regard to the...
Track and electrical/DCC 70 0 6,388 1772027514
Trix Union Pacific B-50-27 boxcar

Started by cduckworth in Locos and rolling stock: Trix UP B-50-27 boxcar; carbody stripped and repainted, National Scale Car decals, original roof removed as it’s incorrect and replaced with Red Caboose panel roof, rebuilt underframe and scratch...
Locos and rolling stock 1 8 56 1772026215
Question about NCE PH5 command station/booster

Started by towazy in Track and electrical/DCC: I have had an NCE PH5-R command station/ booster which worked flawlessly for about twenty years. A few weeks ago I started getting garbled jibberish appearing on the screen of the throttle...
Track and electrical/DCC 18 0 226 1772023517
Weekly Photo Fun - Feb 22-28, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. We had a page full of late-hour postings in last week's post . Check them out, then come back here afterward.
General discussion Photos 17 2 712 1772023173
Long Road to a Layout

Started by Ben in Journals/Blogs beginner: I think having a blog here will help me track progress as I prep for building a layout. The layout I'd like to build is detailed in this thread:...
Journals/Blogs beginner 147 9 4,659 1772019392
Update for QSDM and LIM2 Arduino modules

Started by Terry Chamberlain in Track and electrical/DCC: For anyone who has built, or is planning to build, any Quad Servo Decoder-Monitor (QSDM) modules, as published in MRH Magazine in the June and July 2022 issues, a software update is available for the...
Track and electrical/DCC 0 1 34 1772008112
Type of Trucks?

Started by Al Carter in Prototype railroading: Hi, I have a rather unique project unfolding - the Alaska Rail Road purchased a couple of E-8B units back in the 90s and converted them to generator cars for HEP. They were used solely for...
Prototype railroading 12 3 348 1771999161
Do sturdy HO sunshades exist?

Started by Nevin W. Wilson in Locos and rolling stock: I've been using Atlas plastic sunshades on my Atlas locomotives and the are extremely fragile. Just knocked a couple off trying to fix a lighting problem. Barely touched them. Those little...
Locos and rolling stock 8 1 208 1771995940
Tichy coaling tower…rigging question

Started by towazy in Scenery and structures: Has anyone built the Tichy coaling tower? I am in the process of a build of this fabulous model. It’s actually quite an enjoyable build, although the printed instructions are...
Scenery and structures 6 0 113 1771995256
T-D Feeds Mill Construction Build Log

Started by Craig Townsend in Scenery and structures Prototype Redmond WA 1:29 scale ( 2 ga ): Seeing some interest in my teaser photo in the December workbench projects thread , I figured I should share some other information about the project. The main industry on my layout is focused...
Scenery and structures Prototype Redmond WA 1:29 scale ( 2 ga ) 136 7 5,459 1771991703
Train Songs

Started by eastwind in General discussion: Lets have a thread with people's favorite train songs. Post a video link if possible. edit: Songs about trains, not just videos with trains and music in them.
General discussion 120 3 2,137 1771989003
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 257 10 12,235 1771987633
Wine and Tank Cars

Started by BBQdave in Prototype railroading Prototype Operations: Tank Cars and the Wine Business - Tony Thompson, MRH Running Extra, May 2023 Once again delving back into past magazines, I found a great article! The history of wine in early...
Prototype railroading Prototype Operations 26 2 604 1771980521
packing up all my big boys

Started by blackz28 in Locos and rolling stock: I bought another house in cape coral fla ,so the old layout is coming down& my big boy display is getting packed up sooo i did a family portrait 📷 📷
Locos and rolling stock 7 12 459 1771978748
Desert Subdivision layout beginning.

Started by grandeguy in Getting started: Hello, Ive been a Free-mo Modular guy for the past 20 years but thanks to my significant other and a great Contractor I have a 24X34’ Layout space. Im starting off by retiring...
Getting started 4 11 218 1771978162
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 4,467 28 523,162 1771977758
What HO Scale 21MTC Decoders Have Logic Level Outputs?

Started by Smoke in Track and electrical/DCC: I'm conducting a bit of a science experiment and trying to figure out which HO scale 21 pin decoder have logic level outputs (other than ESU). TCS? NCE? Digitrax? I'm preferably looking for...
Track and electrical/DCC 0 1 39 1771976533
DCC short protection with an Arduino - target $10 per block?

Started by joef in Track and electrical/DCC: Let's start a thread to discuss developing an Arduino DCC short protection circuit with a target price of $10 per block. Under $10 per block would be ideal, but if it comes in at $11 or $12 per...
Track and electrical/DCC 125 7 1,354 1771974293
Has anyone heard from thewizard1?

Started by MikeHughes in General discussion: Just checking in as I’m concerned about our brother @thewizard1 . I haven't seen any posts from him in some time and no reply to a message. Hopefully he is just busy with a project,...
General discussion 16 7 1,060 1771974169
DCC Block Booster

Started by dark2star in Track and electrical/DCC DCC: Hi, while catching up with my MRH / RE reading, I've come across an article in May 2025 about using Power districts. The same topic has come up quite recently on the forum. In a way it resonates...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC 10 2 278 1771967982
DL-109 lighting features on the real unit?

Started by UP-Railroad 844 in General discussion: Quick question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer on when searching the web What kind of lighting features could you find on the real DL-109 units? I presume headlights...
General discussion 15 2 211 1771965036
Establishing Time and Place with Graffiti

Started by Ben in General discussion: My wife grew up watching trains in Oakland and remembers different slogans and tags appearing on cars at different times, many of them relevant to political events. While I've seen modern era...
General discussion 28 4 442 1771964514
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 1,860 32 134,372 1771963976
Does anyone here use AI and/or Photoshop/Affinity or GImp as a modelling tool?

Started by xdford in Dream and design: Hi All, I have just edited an article using DeepAI (deepai.org) for planning out a model scene and have discovered Canva Affinity to manipulate photos. All very well, but are any of...
Dream and design 10 2 162 1771961896
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 553 20 24,393 1771961194
Anybody railfanned the Roberval & Saguenay?

Started by Rick A. in General discussion: I'll be near Saguenay Quebec for work next month with a rental car, my snowshoes, and the option to take a day or two for exploring and sightseeing. Google is my next stop, but I thought...
General discussion 3 0 122 1771961067
Smiley's Tow Service Woodland Scenics Kit

Started by Ryan Boudreaux in Scenery and structures: I pulled out the old kit, dusted it off and it’s been through probably three moves, boxed up, unpacked, reboxed again, and unpacked again. Must have bought it at a train show some 30+...
Scenery and structures 16 3 708 1771953727

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