Model trains first appeared in the late 19th century as simple tinplate toys, often crafted by hand.. Before HO scale became ...

Laurence Lau sounds an electronic whistle as children study a fictionalized version of an urban train interchange. The ...

A model train passes by a Hudson and Delaware train on an HO scale model train layout during an annual Holiday Train Show and open house by Model Railroad Club Inc. in Union on Saturday, December ...

Roanoke’s railroad “Glory Days” may be well in the past. But one aspect of the railroad community is alive and well.

In the August 2025 issue of Model Railroader, we featured Art Kear’s HO scale Buffalo & Susquehanna to Wellsville, Addison & Galeton. The 12 x 32-foot multi-deck walk-in layout features a logging line ...

Model trains are measured using: Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on the model equals 48 inches on a real train.

HO is the most popular model train scale in the U.S. and Canada. Out of that meeting, the new members constructed a 5-foot by 10-foot portable layout for the Railroad Community Committee of the ...

Jaxon Phipps, 5, of Normal, checks out a HO-scale model train during a model train show on Sunday at Normal Public Library. The modules and train set with 30 coal cars was prepared by Andrew ...