Controllers For Model Trains Over the past 100 years several methods of controlling electric model trains have developed. The first and simplest method was the use a simple variable transformer as introduced by Lionel in 1906 to lower the Alternating Current [AC] voltage from the wall to a lower, safer value and allow the user [...]
Build Your Own Model Train Display Case Anyone who has spent the significant amount of time it takes to be a railroad hobbyist knows the importance of using model train display cases to keep their investment safe. There are far too many factors that can hinder the functioning of a model train not to take [...]
Getting Started with N Gauge Model Trains Regardless of how your interest in model trains has come about, whether it is a longtime enthrallment with the hobby, or a relatively new attraction, you will discover a multitude of choices you will need to make. How will you go about laying your track for the first [...]
How to Take Care of Your Model Trains All the components necessary to build up a successful model train layout are expensive – locomotives, rolling stock, tracks, power controllers, buildings, landscaping, to list just some – these are all expensive. It is no wonder that the hobby of setting up and maintaining a model train [...]