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Building Riverbend

Started by thewizard1 in Scenery and structures: After leaving Beaver Falls heading north through the mountain you come to the town of Riverbend. After crossing the Emerson river is the town of Moosehead. It has taken me awhile to decide...
Scenery and structures 281 20 6,109 1794155736
Industrial and narrow gauge O scale

Started by pby_fr in Journals/Blogs Weathering Narrow Gauge O ( 1:43 scale )O16.5: I bought last year one standard gauge industrial locomotive, and also a narrow gauge, both ready to run, something I didn't for decade (even my Japanese N-scale trains needed at least a chassis...
Journals/Blogs Weathering Narrow Gauge O ( 1:43 scale )O16.5 77 21 3,763 1794155440
Old issue links dead

Started by Ken Rice in MRH magazine help forum bug forum thread dead links: This page https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/photolaminated-structures-12189243 (linked to from https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/photolaminated-structures-12189243 ) has all dead links - you can’t get to...
MRH magazine help forum bug forum thread dead links 4 0 109 1794155406
Airbrush mini compressors

Started by jimcubie1@gmail.com in General discussion: Is there a mini compressor anyone would recommend?
General discussion 66 2 5,182 1794155346
Faster, better background trees

Started by Dan Sullivan in Scenery and structures Scenery Trees: Many of us are faced with the need to cover large amounts of hillside with decent-looking deciduous forest. People have used various 'puffball' methods like poly fiber or lichen, covered with ground...
Scenery and structures Scenery Trees 18 25 446 1794154999
Isolating track for a wye in an unusual way.

Started by Matt Forcum in Track and electrical/DCC Track Wye Turnout: I have a question that is possible a dumb one, but better to ask the experts than screw things up. I have a wye on a removeable extension. Can I cut a gap at an angle at the point where the two...
Track and electrical/DCC Track Wye Turnout 4 1 26 1794154643
$32 Hands-free 38 function Throttle....

Started by Sumner in Track and electrical/DCC DCC throttles Smart Phone Throttle: Been playing with this $32 throttle that connects to the layout through EngineDriver..... 🎬 More info on my site here..... ...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC throttles Smart Phone Throttle 3 6 179 1794154276
Large scale modeler needs small scale help

Started by narrowgauge in Getting started Athearn Blue Box kadee: The back story for this topic is I acquired some HO track and rolling stock in an estate purchase of mostly large scale equipment. I have been sitting on this in storage for a couple years and now a...
Getting started Athearn Blue Box kadee 7 1 122 1794153861
HO Wheels and Trucks

Started by laming in Locos and rolling stock: Hi All. First: Getting ready to order some wheelsets to replace ALL plastic wheels on the rolling stock I have on hand, and would like to have a good mix of ribbed vs smooth back wheels. I...
Locos and rolling stock 109 2 7,493 1794153094
For all you skypainters …

Started by MikeHughes in General discussion Scenery Canada sky: … who don’t like blue skies and puffy white clouds …Here are some very cool clouds to mimic. There are some incredible skies over the north shore mountains in Vancouver today, in...
General discussion Scenery Canada sky 4 9 163 1794152792
uncoupling options - hands off the layout

Started by Frolin in Track and electrical/DCC: Looking for options for uncoupling Kadee's with a hands off, hands out of the layout, approach... (other than permanent track magnets) . Have looked at the Kadee electro-magnet option. It's kinda big...
Track and electrical/DCC 32 2 1,052 1794147879
Servo lift for magnetic uncoupling

Started by DavidGibson in Track and electrical/DCC 3D Printing Arduino Servo: I designed and printed a custom magnetic uncoupler system using servos and the Yamorc YD8248 servo controller although I plan on using an Arduino once they are in place on my layout, with buttons...
Track and electrical/DCC 3D Printing Arduino Servo 0 1 19 1794147370
Capitol Free-mo 2026 Fall Timonium walk around videos - 3 parts

Started by Tim Moran in General discussion Free-mo Layout tours modular: Good afternoon, Last weekend, the Capitol Free-mo group and friends put together a display layout for the fall Timonium show. I'd like to share the record of the layout we put together with...
General discussion Free-mo Layout tours modular 4 8 107 1794143818
Tight Overland Diesel Trucks

Started by Ken Meade in Locos and rolling stock Repair gears diesel: As I'm putting this DD35 back together, I've noticed that if I tighten the screws to tight on the individual axel gear box, the drive shaft can't turn it. 📷 I opened the gear...
Locos and rolling stock Repair gears diesel 9 0 118 1794141545
Cape Cod Railroad (HO) – Newbie of an Oldie

Started by kenheywood in Journals/Blogs: Impressions of the New Haven branch servicing Cape Cod Massachusetts Chapter 1 – Quest for Turnout Control Part 1 – Search Part 2 – The Actuator Part 3 – Mounting Part 4 –...
Journals/Blogs 53 6 11,280 1794138762
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 452 21 18,297 1794136154
An idea to reduce voltage loss due to limited capacity Digitrax Zephyr and Digitrax PM74 terminal wire size limitations

Started by JimGnitecki in Track and electrical/DCC DCC Digitrax Wiring: I have discovered something that Digitrax does not publicize very well if at all: The Digitrax Zephyr and Digitrax PM74 apparently will not reliably accept any wire gauge larger than 16...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC Digitrax Wiring 96 2 1,001 1794132601
Weekly Photo Fun - Nov 8-14, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion photography model railroad photography: 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. Please avoid posting photos manipulated or created with AI...
General discussion photography model railroad photography 3 2 79 1794122605
Boxcar Types for Lumber

Started by WestoftheRockies in Locos and rolling stock boxcar prototype railroading: Hi everyone! I hope the fall season is treating you well! I just had a question about boxcar types. I know for the longest time, back in the day at least, RRs used boxcars for loading...
Locos and rolling stock boxcar prototype railroading 36 2 818 1794120254
Dutch Country Railroads

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs Operations Planning Penn Central Reading Company: 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 Operations Planning Penn Central Reading Company 371 20 15,480 1794116716
What's the equivalent of Shapeways nowadays?

Started by Brian O'Meara in General discussion 3D Printing stl file: Years ago, if someone had a model to print, Shapeways was the place to go. What's the goto now? There seem to be a lot of companies, plus many people have 3d printers. But if I just want some stl...
General discussion 3D Printing stl file 20 4 771 1794116510
Achievable? 28-ton Narrow Gauge Climax

Started by RyanAK in Journals/Blogs Narrow Gauge Scratchbuilding climax proto-freelance: Some here may remember that I have a long interest in the short lines and logging railroads of my native Pennsylvania. Particularly, the White Deer & Loganton has had a firm grip on me for...
Journals/Blogs Narrow Gauge Scratchbuilding climax proto-freelance 123 6 1,951 1794115781
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 4,468 28 424,926 1794115000
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 163 16 8,046 1794113171
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 879 20 37,632 1794111592
Billboard reefer paint

Started by dperry in Locos and rolling stock: The context is an ancient Ambroid kit of a billboard reefer advertising Olympia beer. The kit is O scale, wood, and now completely assembled. It was a fun kit to build and will be...
Locos and rolling stock 17 3 436 1794110902
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 26 9 1,271 1794110508
Tilted train in Malawi, Africa

Started by MalawiCarsten in General discussion: Here's a facebook post from Malawi where one of their few trains rolled over Mibawa TV - #MibawaNews Sitima yapa mtunda yagwa kwa Mwana manga... | Facebook Here's Chichewa to...
General discussion 1 1 166 1794110234
What’s on your workbench? November 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench Photos project sharing: Holy cow! MRH Forum modelers posted and shared nearly 300 comments and projects to the Workbench thread last month! Thank you for taking the time to comment and post photos and descriptions of your...
General discussion Workbench Photos project sharing 64 5 2,186 1794110159
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 120 10 5,908 1794102952
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 4,744 28 535,970 1794102068
Rick's Diner - November 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 76 3 1,491 1794099621
CNW Peninsula Div Returns

Started by richhard444 in Journals/Blogs CNW Dream and Design layout rebuild: Hi All I am starting to rebuild the CNW Peninsula Div. layout after moving to a new house, due to a very sad situation. My wife and I split up. I had to tear down the original layout which took 23...
Journals/Blogs CNW Dream and Design layout rebuild 10 1 373 1794097917
I need access to back Running Extra issues.

Started by Michael Tondee in MRH magazine help: My current RE sub includes Trainmaster TV and is billed at 2.99 a month I believe. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have access to back RE issues. What are my various options to change my...
MRH magazine help 5 1 194 1794093800
Weekly Photo Fun - Nov 1-7, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos photography model railroad photography: 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. Please avoid posting photos manipulated or...
General discussion Photos photography model railroad photography 20 1 1,046 1794089035
Block Signal Design, Pere Marquette & Chesapeake 291021

Started by GT Mills in Track and electrical/DCC Signals Pere Marquette PM&C: Now that I've got the LED brightness balancing figured out I can move ahead with automated block signaling. This is what I've come up with. To keep the diagram simple and uncluttered only the outer...
Track and electrical/DCC Signals Pere Marquette PM&C 15 5 480 1794087226
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 462 8 16,275 1794082555
Apparent concerns with the Proto:87 Standard

Started by Andy Reichert in General discussion #how to: Some recent posts on turnout construction have mentioned an apparent lack of Support for Proto:87 in the US MR community. Rather than have that distract further from the turnout topic, I'm...
General discussion #how to 235 3 5,724 1794074895
Blockbuster Video: It's 1999

Started by Dan Sullivan in Scenery and structures N-scale Nostalgia: A true gen-X institution that has, sadly, faded into oblivion. To be resurrected, if I can figure it out, on the New Jersey N scale layout. The windows, and ticket sign look like they will...
Scenery and structures N-scale Nostalgia 17 10 443 1794073599
A New Start: Beyond Stonehammer

Started by Deemiorgos in Journals/Blogs CN layout design proto-freelance: Ryan has inspired me to start a new topic about my new layout. The location will still be in the Maritimes/Eastern Canada circa 1956 far up the river from the Bay of Fundy hence the...
Journals/Blogs CN layout design proto-freelance 45 20 1,062 1794070239
It's official - "Run like a Dream: Locomotives" now done!

Started by joef in General discussion: UPDATE: The ebook version of the full book is now available for download on the MRH Store: https://store.mrhmag.com/store/p215/ebook/run-like-a-dream-locomotives.html If you want to get...
General discussion 100 40 3,542 1794069329
Another terrible HST crash in Spain. Something went seriously wrong.

Started by Andy Reichert in General discussion: No news at this early stage, but how one train managed to rear end another is indicative of a very serious problem. Andy
General discussion 86 3 1,920 1794068632
Landisburg in On30 Module, built by Ron Lane, looking for information

Started by MannsCreekRR in Modular and TOMA modeling On30 Module: I visited a layout last week and in his entry way he had an On30 module that the owner had purchased. He was looking for information on who constructed it. I recognized it right away as the module...
Modular and TOMA modeling On30 Module 3 3 188 1794068629
Big public THANK-YOU to Mike Hughes for the N scale drones he made for me!

Started by JimGnitecki in Locos and rolling stock 3D Printing N-scale: Recently, I posted asking where I might be able to find N-scale models of industrial sized drones for my futuristic Year 2050 N scale railway - the type & size of drones that futurists say will...
Locos and rolling stock 3D Printing N-scale 11 10 260 1794068039
Resurrection of the streamline era - scratchbuilt locos

Started by aerotrain in Journals/Blogs: Maybe my studies and job - both dealing mainly with aerodynamics, streamlining etc. - caused my interest in streamlined rolling stock. So I scratchbuilt several prototypes of the 30's to late 50's...
Journals/Blogs 100 12 21,049 1794065795
Interesting and Cost Effective Way to Create New Structures

Started by ArcadiaJunction in General discussion Buildings: 🎬 Model Railroad Structures at Very Low Cost - Character on a Budget
General discussion Buildings 6 2 402 1794059353
Let's See A Model Of... November, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 31 1 982 1794055695
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 969 48 48,540 1794039392
new benchwork

Started by ceo eerielackamoneyrr in Journals/Blogs: First attempt to post pics of new benchwork. Gerry S.
Journals/Blogs 8 0 1,856 1794028582
Searching for dry transfer letters (was: Need some help)

Started by herronp in Locos and rolling stock Woodland Scenics Decals Lettering: MRH: Retitled this thread to something more specific. Vague thread titles don't do as well and they give search engines fits. I am searching for some Woodland Scenics Dry Transfer letters...
Locos and rolling stock Woodland Scenics Decals Lettering 4 4 192 1794026296

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