Model railroad

Welcome to my landing page for model railroad! This is where I will add written content from time to time regarding model trains.

NOTE: My articles are comparable to blog posts, not tutorials. I do however hope that reading the articles can inspire or help you have fun with the hobby!
Trainyard

My trainyard-page contains a list of all the model trains I own. Might be outdated from time to time.

Image gallery

This page contain model railroad images that have taken myself.

Transporting model trains securely

Operating model trains on club layouts gives you a more varied model railroad experience with less effort. But how can you transport them safely to your nearest club?

Powerline models T-class improvements

There is always somehting that can be improved with some models. Lets have a look at some of the enhancments I have added to my T-class!

Di6 nydesign from NMJ

NMJ have recently relased a new model train that I have pre-ordered. The model have now arrived, so lets have a look at it.

EL17 FlÄmsbana from NMJ

Its alway exciting to get a new train to the collection! Lets have a look at an older model that I recently bought from NMJ.

Cleaning the wheels and pickups on an Electrotren class 251

Having a clean track is important, but that won't help much if the wheels and pickups are dirty.

Reinstalling the decoder in a Powerline models T-class

Its not alway an easy task to get the wireing correct at first try. Sometimes its necessary to just rewire to solve or troubleshoot an issue.

ESU loksound installtion in a Powerline models T-class

Not all decoder works well with all command stations. Sometimes you just have to try a completely different decoder.

Hornby class 31 - Fixing broken pickup wires

Poor performance on a locomotive isn't necessarly caused by dirt. It could actually be a problem with the pickup wires.

Powerline models T-class decoder replacement

Decoders that comes pre-installed with some locomotives might not always work with all types of DCC command stations.