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I just finished working on this custom painted engine. It’s my oldest train, my grandpa gave it to me when i was a very little kid. It has been dropped and scratched to all hell so I decided to give it a fresh coat of paint and make it a bit more colorful. I’m working on the tender next, i’m...

Hi there soy steam locomotive has a working rear light and I was wondering how I go about hooking it up for directional lighting any help would be great Thankyou.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel Can you suggest some designing ideas when the trains are approaching a tunnel, trains are inside a tunnel and trains leaving a tunnel? Thanks & Regards, Prashant S Akerkar

Can traffic control toy trains be designed and constructed?. The Trains receive red, amber and Green signals from the Traffic lights posts and accordingly the Train halts, move forward. There are traffic lights posts in the Train journey. The traffic lights posts receives the Signals from...

This video shows how inappropriately high speeds can render an otherwise safe layout into a death zone. The train gradually increases in speed over a period of 3 minutes until it reaches a critical level of speed and violently crashes onto an N gauge track.

Hello and thank you for viewing our thread! Here at Affordable Model Railroads we strive to make your railroad dream come true! We do everything from custom builds to even providing you with your own personal backdrop, and best of all we even travel to install your custom railroad for you! We...

Hello and thank you for viewing our thread! Here at Affordable Model Railroads we strive to make your railroad dream come true! We do everything from custom builds to even providing you with your own personal backdrop, and best of all we even travel to install your custom railroad for you! We...

Hey Guys I made sure I read the rules before posting this. Im selling a great train here its a LGB 22440 - RHB ELOK Ge 2/4 207. The train itself hasn't been used before and i thought it was about time to let someone else appreciate it more than i could. Any questions are welcome. Thank you.

I have been hoping someone would make a Maglev model train set and I just noticed this... https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wonder-widgets-revolutionary-maglev-model-train/x/6804596#/story I hope he gets the funding and actually gets this made. Would be cool to see it.

Pretty cool video of CP Rail's Christmas Train pulling into downtown St. Paul, MN, Union Depot! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSBSINSFs14&hd=1

Hi lads, promised to share few pictures I shot in last years show. Hope this is correct place to post them. I'm very bad usually to post up stuff on forums other than my own projects so wanted to contribute someway to this forum with some pictures. Wasn't too many stands with train dioramas. Not...

Hi to everyone, after introduction in newbie section on this forum I'll proceed to details of my train project. At this stage it is nearly finished, just few touches on details and finishing has to be done to complete. Basically I started to work with wood just over 1 year ago with passion in...

Hi lads, just saying hello. Building train 100% from wood, my build is close to finish line. Wanted to share with you it's progress. Should post somewhere build progress shortly.

Hello I recently listed an antique railroad bell, very large brass or bronze one on eBay for sale. I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me specifically what train it would have been on or if there is a way for me to tell? I have had a few requests asking this and am not sure how to...

For my GCSE coursework, i have designed a terraced house that will go in a railway model. What do you think about my design? How would you improve it? (it is attached to this post)

1. How old are you? 2. What scale model trains do you buy? 3. How much would you spend on a high-quality flat packed model building for you model train set? 4. What time period is your model train set in? 5. What type of model building would you be interested in buying? 6. What are...