MRH Newest Sponsor - Litchfield Station!

Tue, 2008-11-18 12:41 — MRH_news_desk

Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine is pleased to announce our newest sponsoring advertiser - Litchfield Station!

old video

Tue, 2008-11-18 05:43 — Visitor

Here's an old video "From Hagen to Hamm", over 20 years ago. I was younger then.

Therefore the not so good quality.

It shows my then German layout "Hennen", even with movable "switchstands" and "derail" at 6:53.

The Storage Unit Layout Plan - Part 2

Sat, 2008-11-15 20:42 — Benny

Personal journal (editorial or commentary)

Part 2: The Model Railroad Plan

I am most excited about this plan because this is the first time I got everything I wanted into the layout - this space is finally close to perfect.

This layout emphasizes continual operation and thus employs circular operational methods. In this setting, the amount of time the train is moving is more crucial to the passage of distance then the scene within which the train may appear in. Each route within the scene represents a different p

The Storage Unit Layout Plan - Part 1

Sat, 2008-11-15 20:40 — Benny

Personal journal (editorial or commentary)

Part 1: Components of an Arizona Railroad

My regional and temporal emphasis is on the industries that made Arizona possible during the steam era economy, the time of the original five Cs: Cattle, Copper, Cotton, Citrus, and Climate. The first four commodities resemble standard industries; the fifth is more abstract but required regardless.

Cattle can be as simple as a cow pen alongside the mainline; a local freight will pick up the

Givens & Druthers

Sat, 2008-11-15 20:21 — skiloff

I've read the first four chapters of Realistic Model Railroad Operation and with all the ideas that have been swimming around my head over the last few months, I thought it would be a good time to start brainstorming my givens and druthers. I'm still not certain all my givens are actually givens and not druthers, but thought I should start somewhere and if I want to start a layout plan, I probably should have this done. So here's what I've got so far:

The Storage Unit

Fri, 2008-11-14 21:21 — Benny

An Introduction to the New Space

Yesterday, my bedroom was my layout workshop; today, that is no longer an option as I share my bedroom with the CEO, CFO, and Interior Decorator of the household. We currently live in a three-bedroom apartment, which has the perfect amount of space for our needs. Unfortunately, it does not have much more space for doing those kinds of things men with hobbies like to do. It does not help when the interior decoration style is “Modern Minimalist.” I’m lucky to

MRH Announces monthly newsletter!

Fri, 2008-11-14 00:59 — MRH_news_desk

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Model Railroad Hobbyist announces their new monthly newsletter! Each month, catch some of the latest industry news, scuttlebutt, and rumors in our monthly newsletter, plus get some sneak peaks of content coming in Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine.

Well, I gone and done it

Thu, 2008-11-13 18:34 — skiloff

I bought stuff I didn't need and won't get me any closer to my layout getting finished. One of the things I really enjoy is passenger train travel. I got my first ride in kindergarten on a field trip. What could be better than that? Best field trip I ever had in school. I've been on the train several times since, and I always enjoyed watching the passenger train come through town when I was a kid. It was the VIA rail train in blue with yellow lettering and stripes. I've found models of these before, but I passed them up, either becaus

Older Atlas Decoder Install

Wed, 2008-11-12 16:59 — AlienKing

I'm starting to convert my fleet to DCC. I bought a bunch of Digitrax DH165A0 decoders pretty cheap last weekend at TrainFest in Milwaukee, WI so I could get started. I thought my older Atlas locomotives were going to be pretty tough to upgrade, but it's actually a fairly easy process.

First remove the shell of the locomotive. Removing the walkways is optional. I removed them because I'm pretty clumsy and I'd probably break most of the hand rails.

Past Layout Planning Efforts

Tue, 2008-11-11 20:36 — Benny

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