Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model trains ...

Don Sell, above, president of the Central Ohio Model Railroad Club, places a vintage toy train on the track surrounding the club's newly acquired Fleck's Family Circus miniature layout, part of ...

AUBURN - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train lives on, in miniature form, thanks to a Shrewsbury model railroad enthusiast. “You’re not going to find another train like this ...

BARABOO — A miniature model will help Circus World Museum visitors appreciate the grand scale of the old Ringling Bros. circus train.

There is rich greenery, a pond and cascading water. Circus-themed model trains will chug through an idyllic and nostalgic fantasy world. Locomotives haul passengers, animals and flatcars.

The circus was auctioned by Ron Hickman and Paul Wingard, along with hundreds of the model train pieces that once buzzed throughout Quaker Square when the grain silos were converted into a hotel. When ...

♦Model trains will rule Feb. 17-18 at the Mad City Model Railroad Show in Madison, Wis. Check out model train layouts in a variety of gauges, more than 300 vendor tables, exhibits and videos.