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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 12 0 70 1781282820
Publisher’s Musings: Why layout projects sit unfinished

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read 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 60 35 1,605 1781282481
Cant edit my profile

Started by p51 in MRH forum help: I can't enter or edit my profile at all, all day now from my cell. If I click my icon in the upper right corner, nothing happens. Can't even log out to get back in.
MRH forum help 7 0 82 1781281906
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 40 0 664 1781281842
Rick's Diner - June 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 47 3 1,031 1781281391
MFA feed mill

Started by cduckworth in Scenery and structures: Missouri FarmersAssociation feed mill on the Rock Island in Eldon, Missouri. Scratch build using Evergreen plastic and Tichy windows. I had a partial photo of the mill circa 1950...
Scenery and structures 8 25 221 1781281342
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 40 2 599 1781277893
Community app

Started by George Hofmann in General discussion: The MRH app on my Android tablet failed to open over the weekend. I don't remember the details but i managed to replace the app with another called 'Community' that I am using now. It seems to be an...
General discussion 7 2 299 1781277485
NoMachine remote desktop

Started by George Hofmann in General discussion: This may be of value to some. I use NoMachine to remotely view desktops of various machines on my network. In particular I have one computer dedicated to the model railroad. It is running Linux Mint...
General discussion 7 4 210 1781276399
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 204 14 7,933 1781275675
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 69 5 2,352 1781270953
Great Berea Train Show - Berea, Ohio

Started by Neal M in General discussion: Hey everyone. Has anyone been to the Great Berea Train Show in Ohio the past few years? The organizers have been asking us to attend. Is it a good show, do the folks that go spend money or...
General discussion 3 0 143 1781264014
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 61 10 2,261 1781262961
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 116 23 3,043 1781260599
novel layout features or operation

Started by greg ciurpita in Dream and design: i'm often dissappointed by magazine layout tours that are often cookbook descibing layout statistics: size, mainline length, min curve, frog #s, ... besides showing the layout. I liked...
Dream and design 72 5 1,641 1781260248
A new color for rail...

Started by Craig Townsend in Prototype railroading: Okay modern modelers you now longer have to paint your rail rust colored but white. UP is starting a project to paint rails white because it reduces rail expansion by 20% in the heat. 📷...
Prototype railroading 20 10 752 1781254560
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 132 6 2,684 1781239823
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 6 1 110 1781239066
BN 8th Sub (Issaquah Branch) 1/29 Scale (Outdoors)

Started by Craig Townsend in Journals/Blogs: I've never taken the time to draw up a track plan for the layout, but I finally sat down and drew up a track plan of the layout I'm building. Details to follow in next post to keep the lead post...
Journals/Blogs 193 6 11,322 1781236793
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 9 9 279 1781231478
Weekly Photo Fun - May 31 - Jun 6, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: 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.
General discussion Photos 53 3 2,057 1781229371
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 80 4 1,895 1781220733
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 16 7 825 1781214706
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 44 6 2,162 1781209833
Recommendations for basic ground cover

Started by remhed in Scenery and structures: I am getting ready to start doing some scenery on my layout. I model suburban and rural central Illinois. So lots of prairie and 'flat lands'. I have a small inventory of misc ground foams and turfs...
Scenery and structures 1 2 141 1781205919
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 114 10 5,248 1781202166
Let's See A Model Of... June, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 66 3 1,645 1781197583
Weekly Photo Fun - Jun 7-13, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: 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.
General discussion Photos 11 2 599 1781191532
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 14 14 704 1781189934
Flatcar Lumber Loads

Started by Chris VanderHeide in Journals/Blogs Loads HO scale: This is a lumber load I built for my railway. To me the type of load that is just a solid block with printing on it to represent the layers of lumber bundles just doesn't cut it, as it just looks...
Journals/Blogs Loads HO scale 81 2 42,360 1781188916
Has anyone tried "E-Z Riders" roller test stands?

Started by Irv Thomae in General discussion: I'm preparing to install DCC in an HO brass 2-8-0, which will also need to be painted, so it seems that a roller test stand could be very useful - if it is mechanically stable and electrical...
General discussion 27 1 628 1781184775
Good Industries for Small Switching Layouts

Started by ArborRails in Dream and design Shelf Layout Operations Switching Layout Industry: Hey all, In my free time, I like to research and theory-craft interesting industries that are well suited for small switching layouts. I thought I would share some of the ones I've compiled...
Dream and design Shelf Layout Operations Switching Layout Industry 210 39 7,231 1781181307
United States Army Transportation Car

Started by railandsail in Locos and rolling stock: I recently found this marvelous car in my collection,...I think when I was collecting up european trains. I assume it was a car used over in Europe after the war? 📷 I did not know...
Locos and rolling stock 25 5 1,143 1781178727
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 2 12 308 1781171192
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 42 0 1,457 1781156797
Memories of Atlas N-Scale 2151 Alco RSC-2

Started by BR 218 in Locos and rolling stock: Does anybody remember the Atlas N-Scale ALCO RSC-2 from theb1970's? They were built by Mehanotechnika in Izola, Slovania & had an odd open frame 3-pole motor & a plastic U-joint...
Locos and rolling stock 3 4 249 1781141609
ET&WNC Stoney Creek branch in On30

Started by p51 in Journals/Blogs: I'm modeling the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina in On30 (yes, using Bachmann locomotives). Knowing I'd never be able to do true justice to the real railroad, I 'protolanced' a fictional...
Journals/Blogs 826 12 97,636 1781141387
Tune Up.... Fix Up , 6 Proto 2000 E-units

Started by railandsail in Locos and rolling stock: Quite a number of years ago I was cruising ebay, and found this offer for sound factory equipped sound & dcc chassis that would fit E6, E7, E8 locos. I bought 6 of them and put them away in...
Locos and rolling stock 91 3 2,416 1781139698
Andre Ming

Started by Ancientmariner in In Memoriam: Andre Ming has passed away, from complications following heart surgery.
In Memoriam 84 12 2,383 1781133544
Marshfield. A developing story

Started by Railman284 in Scenery and structures early rail: Before we visit Marshfield let us visit Miller's Slough with a view of the Mill from the slough; 📷 and the community that developed around it. 📷 Following the tracks...
Scenery and structures early rail 65 26 2,767 1781118812
AMTRAK E-8

Started by railandsail in Locos and rolling stock: Did Walthers/LL build a HO model of the Amtrak E8? Did it basically use the same chassis they had for other E-unit diesels?
Locos and rolling stock 5 1 261 1781117129
Are These 3 DCC ready

Started by railandsail in General discussion DCC: Found these 3 LL PA locos in my inventory. They have these 8-pin fixtures, so I assume they are DCC ready engines? 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion DCC 24 3 623 1781115230
2-8-0 purchase advice

Started by o2bwln in Locos and rolling stock: Hi all, I'm working on a shelf-layout that is centered around 1940's Maine and am looking for advice on the 2-8-0 style locomotive. My needs are DCC and reliability, i'm not looking for prototypical...
Locos and rolling stock 10 3 558 1781115212
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 6 0 262 1781114536
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 12 1 391 1781108989
Suggestions for where to find listings of used items for sale

Started by DavidJones in General discussion: I model N scale. I live in Canada. Which makes buying some stuff difficult (convincing seller to ship to Canada- which I understand- I went to the post office last week to ship a warranty repair to...
General discussion 7 0 325 1781108259
Musings on a Switching layout...which got outta hand (was "Chicago Switching Layout")

Started by Windswept Rails in Dream and design Switching Layout chicago street running industrial: Hi everyone, this is my first post (and a long one sorry!), but I have seen posts on here as a non-member and it's been invaluable for my research. I'm based in Scotland, so I can only use...
Dream and design Switching Layout chicago street running industrial 306 9 10,595 1781108066
Where to buy mundane modern-era vehicles?

Started by southdown in Scenery and structures: Hey MRHs, Can anyone here share links or recommendations as to where to purchase modern-era vehicles? I'm talking 1990-2025. Did some searching last night and couldn't really find...
Scenery and structures 48 2 1,328 1781107776
San Ramon Valley & Northern News

Started by -e-c-mills- in Journals/Blogs: 📷 Here we present to you the monthly publications of the Chamisa Standard and the Farmer as well as the SRVN Fan Bolg.
Journals/Blogs 87 0 8,652 1781100442
Easter Eggs

Started by Hillyard999 in General discussion: Well, enough time has passed that I don't think anyone will get in trouble by my revealing it. Early on, Athearn released an ACF 4bay covered hopper after BNSF formation. It had the early circle...
General discussion 19 6 740 1781091193

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