Moving up from track clips to attaching power wires to track? Here are 3 techniques, how to do each and the pluses and minuses of each
Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.
Moving up from track clips to attaching power wires to track? Here are 3 techniques, how to do each and the pluses and minuses of each
For beginners, track wiring can be daunting. To those looking to learn, here's a step-by-step guide for bringing power to your layout
This page is home to Model Railroader tracks plans as downloadable PDFs.
David Popp shares his favorite technique for making fast, simple feeder wire connections to model railroad track. The technique involves soldering L-shaped wires with flat tips to the base of the rail. The method can be used for model railroad tracks in N, HO, On30, O, and Large scale. Solder track feeder wires
Moving up from track clips to attaching power wires to track? Here are 3 techniques, how to do each and the pluses and minuses of each
Wire your railway track with the latest technologies of model railway track wiring suggested by Building your model railroad for a safe and secure connection.
Wiring any model railroad can be a daunting task. Since we can’t see it, electricity can be a challenge to understand. And when something doesn’t work, it’s more difficult to figu…
Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.
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The Canada, Spokane & Pacific is a 32 x 43 foot HO scale layout modeled after the Pacific Northwest in June of 1981
For beginners, track wiring can be daunting. To those looking to learn, here's a step-by-step guide for bringing power to your layout
For beginners, track wiring can be daunting. To those looking to learn, here's a step-by-step guide for bringing power to your layout
How to lay model railroad track
A Turnout Motor (or switch machine) is a device which is used to remotely align a turnout. Using an Accessory Decoder, turnout alignments can be accomplished using a throttle and automatically setting a route is possible.
A photo I took while waiting for the train at Brussels-Midi/Zuid
As I pointed out last week, trains can’t always stop within a line-of-sight distance. That’s why signaling systems were invented. When they fail, the consequences can be fatal. Most railroads use track circuits to determine which sections of track are occupied by trains. These devices are actually fairly simple in design, and have been in use since 1872. In…
Happy 3/14! Here's how this mathematical constant keeps train cars from flying off their tracks during turns.
David Popp shares his favorite technique for making fast, simple feeder wire connections to model railroad track. The technique involves soldering L-shaped wires with flat tips to the base of the rail. The method can be used for model railroad tracks in N, HO, On30, O, and Large scale. Solder track feeder wires
For beginners, track wiring can be daunting. To those looking to learn, here's a step-by-step guide for bringing power to your layout
For beginners, track wiring can be daunting. To those looking to learn, here's a step-by-step guide for bringing power to your layout
This page is home to Model Railroader tracks plans as downloadable PDFs.
Part 2 of wiring my completed custom-built control panel and dual CAB controller to my benchwork and track.
Installing electrical wiring busses and feeders for model train layouts is an easy way to improve operation.
This page hosts articles for modelers on how to build a model railroad. From the editors of Model Railroader.
How they do it - baseboard inclines, track, modelling tips and more for your mental toolkit in this weeks Sunday Scribbles.
Model Railroader is the world's largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. We feature beginner and advanced help on all model railroading scales, including layout track plans, model railroad product reviews, model train news, and model railroad forums.
We often get questions about a good way to wire the track within our Roundhouses to allow for good power distribution, and to support the ability to turn power on and off to each track. We have done a simple diagram...