In this Model Railroad Academy video, take a tour through Chooch Rivard’s model railroad layout as it runs through an operating session. Shot from the perspective of the conductor, this tour provides a great inside view of the layout. Chooch’s model railroad layout features flat land, green scenery, blue skies, utility poles and much more. Other trains, structures and staging can be seen along the way as well. This tour provides an interesting look at the lighting and electrical Chooch has used to best feature his model railroad layout. To experience the tour for yourself, watch the full video and explore more layouts and discover planning tips and tricks by viewing more of Model Railroad Academy’s videos.
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Detailed Model Railroad Yard Design at Floresta Junction
At the northwest corner of our expansive model railroad scene we find Floresta Junction, a large staging yard for the C&S and D&RGW railways. In the yards of Floresta, trains travelling both the Colorado & Southern and Denver and Rio Grande Western railways drop shipments and are turned around and reloaded for return journeys, but…
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Building Multi-Level Model Train Benchwork
Oftentimes when building a model railroad layout, it’s beneficial to utilize a stacked scene with multiple levels. Multilevel model train benchwork offers a number of unique advantages to a scene, one of which being the illusion of grander scale. For instance, you might employ the layout of the multilevel model train benchwork if you were…
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Tips for Painting Backdrops for Model Railroads
Nothing completes a model railroad quite like a well made backdrop. You can add a remarkable amount of realism to your model railroad layouts by setting the scene for a nice blue sky day with a room-brightening backdrop. To create your own illuminating backdrops for model railroads, all you’ll need are a few basic materials…
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Building a Model Railroad Benchwork L-Girder
The first thing you have to consider when building the benchwork for a new model railroad scene is the type of layout you are looking to construct. There are pros and cons to the various types of benchwork, so it’s important to understand the components of your project before you get started on the frame.…
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I want to learn how too’s to building a layout for my train sets.
Hi William. Here are a couple of videos for building a train layout. You can also enter the words “train layout” in the search box and this will bring up all of the videos we have on the subject.
https://www.modelrailroadacademy.com/video/learning-how-to-build-a-model-train-layout-with-david-barrow-011018/
https://www.modelrailroadacademy.com/video/jack-burgess-on-building-a-layout-with-high-standards-010962/
Thanks
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