Today we discuss SD40’s and their variants. We first start off talking about the Southern Pacific SD40R 1984 Olympic unit, and the famous Southern Pacifc SD40t-2 from Athearn RTR. Then some SD40-2’s…
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Model Railroad Layout Planning
Model railroad enthusiasts often consider the designing and constructing of track plans to be a fine art. This is because you need to exercise a number of elements of art and design…
Starting A Model Railroad
Starting a model railroad is a very popular hobby for men, women and children. Due to the cost associated with model trains it is important to educate oneself on selecting the proper…
Model Railroad Signaling Basics
This is Part 1 of Model Railroad Signaling: The Basics. This week we show an issue that came up when installing the Details West signals. We then show a comparison of…
Digital Command Control – DCC for Your Model Railroad
Digital Command Control, or DCC as it is commonly known, is a clever way to control more than one locomotive on your model railroad and have them both doing different things. In…