Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a ...

Q: In the September 2022 issue of Model Railroader, Mike Tylick wrote "Add a gated crossing to your layout." On page 36, there is an image of a gate that he built for the F scale Chester & Beckett RR.

The 58th annual Railroad Hobby Show will take place this weekend at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield, featuring over 300 exhibitors, 60 full-size model railroads, and ...

For 80 years, Athearn has been a part of the model railroading industry, producing familiar product ranges like HO scale blue ...

Ride the rails of nostalgia as we explore the world of model railroading. The Big Bend Model Railroad Association provides nostalgia and enjoyment for generations old and new. WFSU's Mike Plummer ...

Mentoring kids is challenging, rewarding, and fun. There is no doubt in my mind that Model Railroading can provide a solid ...

Adults who love model railroading say it sometimes makes them feel like kids again. Their concern is to make sure that today’s kids, and the generations of kids to come, will follow in their footsteps ...

As the locomotive rolled past a gritty urban scene, engineer Lavon Stauffer smiled. “Now watch this,” he said. He increased the throttle, blew the airhorn and rang the locomotive’s bell ... all from ...

KENT ISLAND — The 2013 Festival of Trains will be held the first two weekends in December: Dec. 7 and 8, and 14 and 15. You must be logged in to rate. Click any rating to login.

“I started out with HO scale trains, but in my late teens I discovered N scale and I found that I could create more realistic scenes due to the proportion of scenery to trains.” An N scale train is ...

Most of us would be pretty happy with ourselves if we made one of those neat “epoxy river” types of art for our home. Not so with prolific maker [Peter Waldraff]. [Peter] is a skilled craftsman with a ...