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1 month ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Trains.com Insider Interview | Rapido Trains Inc. Founder and CEO Jason Shron visits with Trains.com Director David Popp to discuss the impact U.S.-Canada tariffs have on Rapido operations, along with the loyal customers who have helped sustain the business for more than 20 years.
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1 month ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Ask Trains.com March 2025| Join Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno as he addresses your questions…regarding both model railroading and 1:1 scale railroading too! In this installment, Cody discusses how to replicate short line operations on a model railroad; what a hypothetical MR&T steam era might have looked like; wire choices for a DCC layout; plus plenty other topics that viewers just like you are asking too! Are you looking for more insights about model railroading, or do you have...
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | James McNab |Kent Johnson
This content is available to Trains.com Unlimited Members only. Want unlimited access to Trains.com? Learn More Start Your Free TrialYou’ll get complete access to all content on Trains.com from our family of brands, PLUS thousands of issues in the archives, video series and workshops, live webcams and more!Already a member? Sign In
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Sign-up for email today! Watch a video of the Atlas O Premier custom-run VIA Rail F40PH-2 locomotive, as offered by Mr. Muffin’s Trains. This locomotive packs in a lot of detail and features like Proto-Sound 3.o and O-36 operation. Read the product review of this engine from Contributing Editor Bob Keller.
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Insights into the the past, present, and future of this influential toy train vendor. Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Sign-up for email today! Trains.com staff writer Lucas Iverson chats with Stephen and Liz Nelson, owners/operators of Mr. Muffin’s Trains in Atlanta, Ind.
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Mitchell Park Domes Large Scale Garden Display | Each year, from January to the end of March, the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wis., hosts a beautiful G scale garden railroad inside one of its three uniquely-engineered domes. For one weekend only, in early February, a wide range of layouts and displays in different scales and gauges join in on the fun for the annual All-Scale Train Show.
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Trains.com host David Popp invites you along for this initial overview of Model Railroader magazine’s emerging HO scale (1:87.1) project layout, the East Troy Industrial Park Railroad! To get things started, David shares how 1:1 scale operations of a Class III railroad (as featured in the Trains.com Video Series “Taking Care of Business: SMS Rail Lines”) helped inspire designs for a new, contemporary display at Firecrown Media’s Wisconsin office.
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Ask Trains.com February 2025| Host Cody Grivno fields your questions regarding both model railroading and 1:1 scale railroading too! In this installment, Cody addresses inquiries related to well cars and intermodal container loading; lineside signage; enhancing the “play value” of a basic 4 x 8-foot model railroad; plus plenty other topics that viewers just like you are asking too!Are you looking for more insights about model railroading, or do you have questions about full-size trains?
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2 months ago | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Host David Popp, along with various staff members from Model Railroader and Trains.com, set out to build a small semblance of the former Milwaukee, Racine, & Troy HO scale (1:87.1) layout! Although the footprint of the new East Troy Industrial Park (ETIP) model railroad will pale in comparison to the MR&T, it will be built in the same tradition and keen attention to detail as all other Model Railroader Project Layouts.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
trains.com | Kent Johnson
Trains.com explores a complete train simulation experience with Train Sim World 5 Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Sign-up for email today! Train Sim World 5 is now available on a wide variety of platform, including on PC, Xbox One and Series S|X, PlayStation 4 and 5, plus Steam Deck and via Epic Games Store.
