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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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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