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Who is on your personal Mt. Rushmore of model railroading?

Started by atsfcf7 in General discussion: Who inspired/helped/molded/taught to become the model railroader your are today? I am picking two titans of the genre, John Armstrong and David Barrow. I wore out my first copy of...
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HO Athearn / Walthers auto rack wheel diameters?

Started by Mark Mathu in Locos and rolling stock: What diameter wheels do the HO Athearn Genesis and the HO Walthers bi-level and tri-level open auto racks have? . . . the models, not the prototypes.
Locos and rolling stock 4 0 110 1772225462
"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 137 15 3,571 1772224862
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 148 3 5,639 1772224469
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 708 47 34,205 1772223920
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 208 14 4,158 1772222218
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 7 1 230 1772221634
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 150 9 4,705 1772221219
Bookshelf Benchwork

Started by snotoy2 in Dream and design: Hi, I'm constructing a horseshoe layout. It is a two level bookshelf layout with a helix on both ends. My question is does anyone know how I should construct the bench work for this adventure?
Dream and design 8 0 205 1772220662
Structures for the May Island Railroad and Navigation Co.

Started by DaleMierzwik in Journals/Blogs: This thread will be for following the design and construction of the structures on the May Island Railroad & Navigation Co. There will be some jumping around as I don’t typically...
Journals/Blogs 169 25 6,676 1772220479
Tank cars - how they're built and what they're made of

Started by jeffshultz in Prototype railroading Tank Cars: Are you one of those people who have no experience with prototype railroading (like me) and when hit with terms like "bolsters" or "manway" or "automatic slack adjuster"...
Prototype railroading Tank Cars 0 6 16 1772219491
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 19 0 243 1772219153
MRH 2026-02 - February 2026

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: MRH: February 2026 📷 Read online ► Download & read offline ► ► Get the bonus extras for this issue ...
Magazine feedback 9 5 2,058 1772218707
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 6 20 180 1772218214
Gravel Paths

Started by Watawna in Scenery and structures: I found this video interesting. 🎬
Scenery and structures 2 7 46 1772218199
Graffiti …

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...
General discussion 59 3 941 1772216495
Prototype Photographs 2026

Started by Nick Santo in Prototype railroading Photos: Hello! I enjoyed all your photographs from 2025 and before! Thank You for posting them!!! Please feel free to add photos when you have them! I’m sure I’ll have more to add this...
Prototype railroading Photos 58 5 2,000 1772215537
North meets South: A Canadian modeler's side trip down Ferrosur's Mexico-Veracruz Line S

Started by Chris VanderHeide in Journals/Blogs Ferrosur Mexico Ferromex HO scale: Following a visit to my wife's hometown in Orizaba, Veracruz over the 2024 Christmas holidays to visit family I've started taking an interest in the railways of southeast Mexico. We got a...
Journals/Blogs Ferrosur Mexico Ferromex HO scale 132 15 3,535 1772214057
Cleaning plastic wheels, n scale

Started by William Barry in Journals/Blogs: Would anyone have suggestions as to best practice for cleaning plastic wheel sets. I am down to wiping each wheel with a alcohol soaked piece of linen. Works great but tedious in the extreme. I have...
Journals/Blogs 4 0 83 1772211029
Worst ideas you've ever tried

Started by DavidJones in Getting started: I'll start with. I was having trouble getting the N scale track joiners on. I saw HO scale ones at the hobby store, and thought "that's the ticket". Bigger opening, easy to...
Getting started 91 4 2,741 1772210374
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 4,474 28 523,383 1772208673
Activation key for CtnCTD

Started by forsyth.sandy in Track and electrical/DCC 3D Printing 3D print: Does anybody know how I get a license key for CTnCTD software?
Track and electrical/DCC 3D Printing 3D print 4 1 127 1772206913
Rick's Diner - February 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 253 4 4,261 1772206159
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 103 15 2,427 1772206045
Westerfield Union Pacific B-50-6 boxcar

Started by cduckworth in Locos and rolling stock: Having worked for UP 30 years vs 8 on the Mopac I figured it was time to add acouple of ‘Uncle Pete’s’ boxcars to my branchline. Here’s my third addition a B-50-6 in its last few years...
Locos and rolling stock 5 8 103 1772200651
How Build a Model Structure with Interior and Lights

Started by AzBaja in Scenery and structures: In this video I show you an easy way to build a model structure with interior and lights. I am building Woodland Scenics' Grafton Hotel Combo, a DPM stricture with Roomettes interiors and Just Plug...
Scenery and structures 15 2 2,831 1772200318
a "DCC stop block"?

Started by David Emery in Track and electrical/DCC DCC: I was reading stuff on dropgates, etc, and on keep-alives. It struck me that a contraption that sits in its own (isolated) block that either passes the current DCC signal, OR sends out a...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC 126 4 1,555 1772199372
Meet The KC&G: Mainline To The Gulf

Started by laming in Journals/Blogs: Hi All: This will be a thread dedicated to the dreams n' schemes concerning my HO scale Kansas City & Gulf proto/free lance theme, which will (eventually) include two separate layouts. One...
Journals/Blogs 4,032 28 82,632 1772199314
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 9 1 335 1772184720
Tom Johnson's Cass County Railroad

Started by TomJohnson in Journals/Blogs: 📷 Hello! It has been a long time since I have posted anything here. I had a blog (journal) going several years ago under the L&IN and INRAIL theme that had a big following. That...
Journals/Blogs 1,173 69 96,170 1772180196
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 81 12 1,694 1772172545
Replacing Loksound with Tsunami2 …..

Started by Lirrlirr in Journals/Blogs: …anyone done this? How much trouble am I getting into?
Journals/Blogs 20 0 356 1772168234
Painting molded in windows and trim

Started by sbird in Scenery and structures: I have recently purchased a couple of older structures (e.g. Woodland Scenics Sonny's Super Service) which came with the windows and trim already molded onto the walls. How do you paint the windows...
Scenery and structures 19 5 1,138 1772168155
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 125 3 2,210 1772167682
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 20 2 965 1772165715
Let's See A Model Of... February, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 177 4 3,528 1772163591
O scale Narrow Gauge Turnout Tie Jigs

Started by Nate Allen in Track and electrical/DCC On30: For On3 and On30 enthusiasts I've put together a 3D printable jig to speed up the process of cutting ties to length. Right now I have posted a jig for a #6 turnout in On3 and On30. In the...
Track and electrical/DCC On30 3 0 52 1772162502
What's New to You — February, 2026

Started by Edmund in General discussion New: Here's a thread where you can brag a bit and show off any new goodies you picked up for your modeling workshop or layout. Post plenty of...
General discussion New 73 4 2,318 1772161449
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 10 2 112,774 1772161151
Grades, Curves and Physics

Started by BATMAN in General discussion: Usually the discussion is about how steep a grade is and what does a curve on a grade throw into the mix going up. I have a problem with the train going down. I have a long descending...
General discussion 20 3 352 1772160843
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 262 10 12,371 1772158256
Help finding replacement motor - Custom motor possibilities?

Started by UP-Railroad 844 in General discussion custom Help: Hello, Im currently in the midst of repairing/refurbishing my heljan crane. Im come a decent way from where I started but i've now hit my (hopefully final) roadblock. The motor that...
General discussion custom Help 8 0 104 1772155870
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 ) 137 8 5,498 1772149020
The March/April 2026 edition of Railway Modeller Australia is here

Started by xdford in Journals/Blogs: Hi All This latest issue of Railway Modeller Australia can be freely downloaded from… https://sites.google.com/view/rmahome Just a reminder you do not have to...
Journals/Blogs 2 2 83 1772146158
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 39 5 614 1772145292
Union Pacific's N Scale Canyon Division...

Started by Sumner in Journals/Blogs: Scenery to Track Elevator – Part 1 ...... . Finally after months of CAD, 3D printing and Electronics projects I’m back actually doing something constructive on the layout. Before laying more...
Journals/Blogs 153 8 4,910 1772140744
Trackplan Database - Have you posted yours?

Started by MRH in Dream and design: Post your trackplan. We want to see it! 📷 Please include as much of the following with your plan as possible: Prototype modeled (if any) Scale Minimum radius Room size Turnout...
Dream and design 493 7 1,040,252 1772137231
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 19 1 311 1772133170
Ditch Light not working

Started by hoffertg in Operation and maintenance: I have an Atlas Dash 8-32BWH locomotive with ditch lights. It has a factory installed QSI sound decoder. For some reason one of the ditch light has stop working. The ditch lights are to alternate...
Operation and maintenance 5 1 120 1772132904
PhL Industries Cab Throttle...

Started by Sumner in Track and electrical/DCC: PhL Industries Cab throttle is a throttle that is based on the... …............... . 📷 . ... .... HandCab above and ( HERE ) but is laid out like a throttle on the trams of Milan, Italy...
Track and electrical/DCC 2 2 132 1772126323

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