About Ross

I am one of the owners at Trackside Model Railroading and I have been into model railroading since I was very young. I model the Burlington Northern in HO Scale but also love the idea of building a narrow-gauge O scale layout one day.

Exploring the Milwaukee Road’s Rocky Mountain Division

We toured two HO scale layouts of the MILW's Rocky Mountain Division: both Bill Barker and Dave Heckeroth model beautiful versions of the line across Montana and into Idaho. You'll see Little Joes, boxcabs, and diesel motive power working the layouts. Bill Barker's layout. Dave Heckeroth's layout. For more info on [...]

By |2021-03-19T13:43:00-07:00March 19th, 2021|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on Exploring the Milwaukee Road’s Rocky Mountain Division

Northern Pacific steam train near Tobin Montana heads west toward Mullan Pass in HO Scale.

Modeling the End of Steam on the Northern Pacific's Mullan Pass Tour Kirk Thompson's HO scale Mullan Pass layout as the Northern Pacific. The layout connects Laurel and Missoula, focusing on the pass itself. We have explored this layout previously as the Montana Rail Link, but now Kirk has stepped back to the transition era. [...]

By |2021-02-22T13:34:05-08:00February 22nd, 2021|Model Train Videos, Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on Northern Pacific steam train near Tobin Montana heads west toward Mullan Pass in HO Scale.

January 2021 Free Edition Video

HD Web Stream Video Narrow Gauge Layouts by Bruce Hanley, Dave Clune, and Russ Segner January 2021 Video Enjoy some of the best narrow gauge layouts we have featured: Bruce Hanley's Washo & Wind Gapp in S, Dave Clune's Cascade County Narrow Gauge in O, and Russ Segner's Coal [...]

By |2021-01-20T10:08:41-08:00January 20th, 2021|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|1 Comment

BNSF, a Great Model Railroad with Mike McGinley

Starting today we are going to upload video's on a new Rumble account for Trackside. In today's upload, we're looking back at Mike McGinley's BNSF Layout. Enjoy, share, and feel free to comment below.

By |2021-01-15T17:26:00-08:00January 15th, 2021|Model Railroading, Model Train Videos|Comments Off on BNSF, a Great Model Railroad with Mike McGinley

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HD Web Stream Video Ithaca Bay Lumber & Transportation, Limited Interview with Stan Oxendahl at his Ithaca Bay Lumber & Transportation, Limited Collect the whole year of 2020 and get big discounts with the full downloadable version of the Premium Edition, along with downloadable bonus content that includes videos [...]

By |2020-12-20T09:21:45-08:00December 18th, 2020|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|6 Comments

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HD Web Stream Video The Burlington Northern on Three Layouts The Columbia, Cascade & Western - You'll see the BN interchange traffic in Oregon on this freelanced pike by the Willamette Model Railroad Club. Jim Pendley's Western Pacific - You'll see the BN on the Highline and in the [...]

By |2020-12-20T09:22:28-08:00November 20th, 2020|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on november-2020-free-video

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HD Web Stream Video N Scale Bob's World Railroad Tour Bob Sanchez's huge N scale pike, featuring the Southern Pacific's main line in a freelanced California and Oregon. The Burlington Northern, Santa Fe, Western Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Union Pacific also operate on the layout. You'll see some creative [...]

By |2020-12-20T09:23:35-08:00October 20th, 2020|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on october-2020-free-video

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HD Web Stream Video Paradox Valley Railroad in O Scale 30" Come tour Mike Long's On30 Paradox Valley Railroad based in the 1930s-40s in Colorado. Although it was founded as a mining railroad, this freelanced shortline now serves the logging industry and the local farmers. The large pike is [...]

By |2020-12-20T09:26:38-08:00September 20th, 2020|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on september-2020-free-video

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HD Web Stream Video Bitterroot Lines in HO Scale Come railfan Kirk Thompson’s Bitterroot Lines, a freelanced HO scale bridge line based in the 1950s. You’ll enjoy mostly passenger traffic from the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific crossing the mountains on this unique pike. The layout was [...]

By |2020-12-20T09:27:14-08:00August 20th, 2020|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on august-2020-free-videos

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HD Web Stream Video Canyon Creek Timber Railway in HO Scale You'll enjoy Pete Vassler's HO scale Canyon Creek Timber Railway, a beautiful, freelanced logging railroad based in southwestern Washington State. We share an article about the layout with lots of details on how he built his scenery, how [...]

By |2020-12-20T09:27:43-08:00July 20th, 2020|Trackside Model Railroading Digital Magazine|Comments Off on july-2020-free-videos