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    The Hawkeye Model Railroad, Coralville, IA

    Yea, that was one of my favorites too.
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    The Hawkeye Model Railroad, Coralville, IA

    I just shot a new video of the 2,000 sq ft HO layout in Coralville, IA (near Iowa City). Hope you enjoy the layout:
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    Cab Ride on The WVMRRC's nicely detailed HO Layout.

    One of the better model railroad cab ride videos I've seen:
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    Custom Built S-Scale Model PIROD Radio Communications Tower

    This is really cool! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoLtBqbjjmo
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    Night Trains at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum!

    There is no how to video. All I know is they used tiny LED lights and a battery inside each car. They used a tiny drill to make the holes and glued each light in place by hand.
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    The Northern Lights Railroad Museum LARGE HO Layout!

    There's a new HO layout in a museum about 75 miles from me. It's almost done. Look for a video of it in the late Fall of this year!
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    The Northern Lights Railroad Museum LARGE HO Layout!

    Thank you very much! I've posted other similar videos on my YouTube Channel too. Some of them are linked on this Board. More to come when I can find them.
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    The Northern Lights Railroad Museum LARGE HO Layout!

    Located in East Grand Forks, MN, this one is pretty good sized and well detailed. Enjoy the ride! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYoKmQCV_A&t=132s
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    Lake Superior Railroad Museum N-Scale Layout: Scenes and Cab Ride!

    I shot some video of their small N-scale layout. This layout is Museum owned and not part of any model railroad club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oPV-pbim9I&t=90s Enjoy!
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    Night Trains at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum!

    It is O scale, but the lighting is custom. They actually drilled tiny holes and glued small LED lights in, then ran wiring inside the rollings stock and locomotives. The locomotives pull the power from the track, but the rolling stock has small batteries running most of their LEDs, I believe.
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    Night Trains at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum!

    Thanks for the update. The TCMRM has a new home and are going to be running Night Trains again this season at their new location!
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    Quad Cities Society of Model Engineers: Nicely detailed HO Layout Cab Ride!

    These guys run their layout just like a real railroad with a Dispatcher and radios! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0mYRC6mv2M
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    Kansas City's Largest HO Model Railroad Cab Ride!

    Shot this video while on vacation last week. Break out the popcorn, set the video to full screen and ENJOY THE RIDE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znmfgwQ_dU
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    Night Trains at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum!

    I don't know where they got their lighting. It is too bad they have to move. They've been in the same place for over 30 years. I also heard of a beautiful layout down in St. Louis that had to close it's doors earlier this year, it too is gone forever.
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    Night Trains at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum!

    For the last time, now through the Holidays, they are running Night Trains in St. Paul, MN. This is it! They've lost their lease and the layout will be taken down. As of this writing they do not have another site to set up at. Here's some video I shot last weekend...
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