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Better rail joiners for your layout
Working with rail joiners is difficult for many model railroaders. Rail joiners are the weakest...
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Working with wire cutters expertly with David Popp
Working with wire cutters expertly - Trains.com director David Popp demonstrates the application of wire...
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How to build a track cleaning car
How to build a simple track cleaning car – MR contributor Gerry Leone shares instructions...
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How to troubleshoot and disassemble an HO scale brass steam locomotive
Senior Editor Eric White evaulates and troubleshoots an HO scale brass steam locomotive from Sunset...
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How to cut track
Join David Popp in the studio as he shows you how to tackle the tricky...
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How to cut track
Join David Popp in the studio as he shows you how to tackle the tricky...
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Keep your adhesive bottles ready to use
Staff member Rene Schweitzer demonstrates ways to make sure your adhesives are always ready to...
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Fixing Wobbling Boxcars
In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing...
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Fixing Wobbling Boxcars
In this quick how-to video, Eric White shows you how a little bit of filing...
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Modeling layout scenery at the workbench
Narrow gauge modeler Gregg Condon presents a simple way to make model railroad scenery right...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Working with Acrylic, Episode 11
In this final episode of our Trains.com Holiday Party, Cody Grivno shows how to assemble...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Fun Run, Episode 10
Around the Kalmbach HQ, workin' on the railroad is part of the job. But at...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Scrap Box Scenery, Episode 9
The Trains.com Holiday Party continues with David Popp suited up to make some special layout...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Turntable Trouble, Episode 8
A previous O scale turntable build went awry this fall, so David turned the troubleshooting...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Shake-the-box kits, Episode 7
Are you hoping to get a freight car kit under the tree? Cody Grivno opened...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Capacitor for an RS-1, Episode 6
David Popp pushes the Trains.com Holiday Party to capacity! Follow along as he walks through...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Artists’ Oil Weathering, Episode 4
Cody Grivno fits right into the Holiday Party festivities! In this episode, our Trains.com ace...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Whistle Wiring Work, Episode 3
Host David Popp brings CTT Editor Hal Miller to the party! Hal has been working...
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Trains.com Holiday Party: Seawalls and waves, Episode 1
The holiday season is here -- and that's a pretty good reason for Trains.com's preeminent...
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How-to Library: Building a turntable, Part 7 – Add finishing details and scenery
David Popp's O scale laser-cut wood turntable kit is now completely assembled! The project build...
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