How To Articles : Classy Model Trains

Garden Railroad Layouts | garden railroad construction
Your first move when plotting a garden railroad layout is to scope the lay of the land. Determine your slope or degree of decline and elevation in order to figure out where your bridges, culverts and trestles will be forged.

Model Train Scenery | model railway rock finising | Painting Rocks
The first step after molding is complete is the fine art of making the ground look real. You will accomplish this by first giving the layout a good brush over of earth toned colors. Apply a light layer over the entire area, or at least the areas you know will be woodland or scenic.

Greg Warth | Teaching Modelers One Click @ a Time
We highly recommend you take a moment to review Greg's content as he's a seasoned modeler with decades of experience and the rare willingness of heart to share his passion and knowledge…

Cam Trucks | A birds Eye View | How to Build a Cam Truck
Most modellers are truly kids at heart. One of the outstanding qualities of youth is the ability to explore your imagination and projecting yourself into different worlds. Many of us are satisfied with the simple operations of our layouts. Cool effects, life like replicas and true to life sounds of our locomotives gliding across rails at scaled down speeds.

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Guest Article By:William Baird |Last MLW Built M636 | Stored in MacMillian Yard | Future Uncertain
In November 2008 , the stored M636 was moved to the CN Shop in Toronto to remove some suspension bearings in the truck and traction motor assemblies as parts cannibalization for their CN DASH8-40CM`s many of which use the Dofasco C-C trucks. Back in 1990, many old trucks were swapped off some of the retired CN “Big M`s”, and sent down to GE in Erie, PA.

Guest Photo | By: John Leeminhg & (CRO) Canadian Railway Observations
Guest Photo | By: John Leeminhg & (CRO) Canadian Railway Observations
CanadianRailwayObservations.com | Canadian Train Magazine | Editor William Baird

Visit: http://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com/PDF/CRO_0210.PDF for February 2010 issue of Canadian railway Observations, A Canadian based electronically distributed Ezine Relating to Canadian Rail Life & News!

William is the founder of this fabulous E-zine(CanadianRailwayOservations.com) and is a devoted HO Scale Modeler. William fell in love with trains at an early age and it has lead to the publication of Canadian Railway Observations, which was first brought to our attention in 1989.

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Guest Article By: World Famous Robert Anderson | Storing Rolling Stock
Most model railroaders have far more cars (rolling stock) and locomotives than they can possibly operate at once. One option is to simply store excess rolling stock and locomotives in boxes or on display shelves or cabinets. It is possible, however, to store all of your extra equipment and trains on tracks in a yard that may or may not be part of the visible operating portion of your model train layout.

Soldering Iron | Soldering Tips | model train tips
Apply a dash of flux before soldering | keep tip clean | Use damp sponge between uses
Problems with Aftermarket Sound Installation : By Fred Krause
Recently, a customer purchased two of Bachmann’s EMD DDA40X Centennials with DCC on board. It’s a beautiful model compared to older Bachmann locomotives and is quite detailed. The customer had asked us if we could install sound in the engines and as it said “designed for aftermarket sound installation we said yes.

Trouble Shooting | DC Power Packs | How Your Train Works
If you ever run across a situation where your model train or trains don't run… it's wise to have the knowledge of how your train works under your belt.

Decoders | decoder installation | checking decoders
If you have a drop in place decoder, testing will require you clamp your (alligator) monster clips to leads on the decoder. Their are attachments designed to assist you in finding the connections. To make this an easy task, the NMRA has harnesses designed for just such a task.

Model Train Scenery | model railway scenes | Crafting Hills
Find scenery, supplies and tools | How to articles | Crafting Hills and Mountains for YOUR Layout

Model Train Scenery | model train trees | scale model trees
In order to pull out the gift of life from models and replicas you must give them the gift of individuality. Too many times we've shot layouts and the attention to tree detail is less than perfect. To help everyone along we're going to slam a few basics in front of you.
Fabulous Source – Prototype Railroad Reviews and General Info
Website dedicated to informing you about the dat to day prototypical activites fueling the modern railway system

Model Train Software | Automate Your Layout
You can punch in commands and watch your plan come together. Be the talk of your next modelers show when you un-veil your hands free display and locomotives are hanging on rails and switching lines at will.
Model Train How to Articles | model train articles
How to Articles ranging from such delicate topics as decoder instillation, layout construction and how to scratch build virtually any detail