Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

Building an elaborate model railroad looks like a legitimately relaxing and rewarding hobby, but if you don’t have an entire basement to dedicate to a sprawling countryside layout, take inspiration ...

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout is breaking up again, this time for good.

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

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Five men have been working on a new HO model railroad layout for four months and now are hoping their new creation will be ready for the return of The Ford’s Colony Model Railroad Show to James City ...

Markus Maas was just a child when he built his first model train layout, trying to cram his HO-gauge set into a small, already crowded Swiss apartment. But in the years that followed, he abandoned his ...

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – The Maine Central Model Railroad will be relocating to a new home at Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine in 2022, with thanks to a very generous donation ...

The passenger train pulls away from the station, picking up speed as it passes a busy bowling green and people relaxing on deckchairs. A short distance away, a man stands on a bridge watching a ...