Inside the Track

By MRA Editors

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Take a Tour of Greg Smith’s Layout
Take a Tour of Chooch Rivard’s Layout
Take a Tour of Bill Briggs’ Layout

Take a Tour of the Newport Model Railroad Club Layout (Part 1)
Take a Tour of the Newport Model Railroad Club Layout (Part 2)
Take a Tour of Doug Hodgdon’s Citrus District Layout

Take a Tour of Brad Sveum’s Layout
Take a Tour of Ken Ziska’s Layout
Take a Tour of Ken Ziska’s Layout (Part Two)

Bob (Chooch) Rivard – Track Car Cam Montage
Bob (Chooch) Rivard – Track Car Cam Montage Part 2




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13 Responses to “Inside the Track”

  1. Morton

    I'm modeling HO in about 1938. Can anyone suggest sources of vehicles or vehicle kits for the period the late 1920s to before 1939? I have about 18 so far, but need many more for my Eastern Pennsylvania suburban town and industrial areas.

  2. Tom Williams

    Can anyone tell me howto rewire S gauge street lights?

  3. Carmen

    Great Idea

  4. jami

    this is great

  5. Bob Harriman

    These layouts were so enjoyable to see. I'm 82 and many years ago I had a small but nice layout with several tears on four 4x8 sheets of plywood. I still have many buildings and engines. I have no idea how much track and 15 remote switches all HO. Would love to get back into it again someday.

  6. Lenny Estenson

    Love this site l Love trans

  7. Sidney King

    Love your MODEL RAILROAD web page , but why do the writers of this web page have to put the word ( TEMP ) in front of other words , I don't get it.

  8. stan

    do you ever do o gauge ?

  9. Georgia Davison

    You should add a viewer speed control, so we can speed up our viewing time. These videos are too darn slow.

  10. Allan Nester

    I would like to switch over to a digital system. I have an older Lionel set going around the inside of my 32 x 40 garage. Any help would be greatly appreciated.