Elroy Davis interviews Martin Lanser about his experience with the LEGO train hobby and his desktop sized industrial switching layout.

Overview of the layout from the buldings.

[BMR] Tell us a little bit […]

Driving south along Route 1 in Van Buren, Maine today, a visitor glancing to the right probably wouldn’t know that they were looking at the remains of the northern yard of the former Bangor and Aroostook […]

From time to time The LEGO Group conducts market research by reaching out to customers and fans for information. Brick Model Railroader has been asked to pass along the following survey information to our […]

Recently, to allow for testing and
review, The LEGO Group supplied Brick Model Railroader with a number
of components from the newly released LEGO Powered Up line of
electronics. Powered Up is TLG’s update to […]

With the release of the new LEGO City trains, driven by the new Powered UP system, fans had many questions.  Kim Thomsen, of LEGO, worked with fans to gather questions, and to research answers.  The following is f […]

Today we interview SwissLUG member Stefan Erismann.  Stefan’s unique builds include interesting rounded shapes and realistic proportions.  For more, see his wonderful Flickr stream.

BMR: Can you tell us a l […]

If you’re in the Jackson, New Hampshire area this summer, swing by the Jackson Public Library and check out this awesome LEGO rendition of the Conway Scenic Railroad by Dawson Santoro.

The Conway Scenic is a a […]

In addition to MOC Builder interviews, BMR has recently reached out to the worldwide LEGO train community to learn a little more about some of the people and groups that make up our great hobby.  Recently I […]

With the release of the Brick Model Railroader Northeastern Style Caboose, I thought I’d give a short photo tour of a couple of vintage vans that plied their trade in the the northeastern states of Vermont and New […]

Lately on Social Media platforms, there has been an uptick in “Can I have building instructions for…” type requests. While some of these requests are very specific, and the answer from other builders is usu […]

On December 30th, the team at LDraw.org released the newest parts update, 2017-01.  According to the website, the new release adds 717 new files to the library, which includes 509 new parts and 33 new […]

Need another chance to win the LEGO Winter Holiday Train?

Bricks meta over on the Stack Exchange Network is holding a contest drawing for any user who earns at least three hats in Stack’s Winter Bash […]

Ready for another contest?

The LEGO company is sponsoring a new contest, BE AN EXPERT REBUILDER.  Each contest participant must create a short 15 to 30 second stop-motion film, featuring an original model […]

In the brick-built train hobby, one of the often asked questions revolves around how or where to create custom decals for decorating our models with our favorite railroad liveries. Many options exist, including […]

The LEGO Group released an announcement today that should please fans of official LEGO train sets.  As an addition to the popular Winter Village series, the Winter Village Station will be available October […]

It’s been several weeks since I’ve updated the Matson’s Landing in L-Gauge series. In all openness, there hasn’t been a lot of progress. I find that, from time to time, I need to take a break from a project and […]

A few days ago, The LEGO Group announced a contest with a pretty amazing prize package.  Since model railroads are as much about scenery as they are about trains, I think many of our readers will be interested in […]

If you’ve been following the Matson’s Landing in L-Gauge series here on BMR, you’ll recall that I’ve settled on both a prototype, a Series B Climax locomotive, and a scale of 1:33, which works out to roughly 8 […]

Over on our Facebook page, reader Martijn van der Linden asked a great question about where, exactly, some of us find our research material while building.

My short answer was, everywhere.

For a longer […]