There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on by the Amherst Railway Society.

Trains run the tracks in their faraway land, where the world's problems are traded for Christmas morning. And it's always Christmas morning when the Old Hickory Railroad Museum's doors give way to ...

Concealed in the basement of a downtown Wauconda coffee shop is something that would amaze any child, or adult for that matter — a complete landscaped small-gauge train layout, with familiar sites and ...

Take a look at the membership of the Tucson Garden Railway Society and you’ll see couples who share the hobby of model trains running through the landscape. Creating a garden railroad layout often ...

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 ...

Harford County Modular Railroad Group’s holiday train garden, HO scale model trains running using the latest digitally controlled model trains. Presented by graduates of the Harford Community College ...

Q: In Model Railroader product reviews, locomotive speed is often measured and compared with the prototype. I was wondering how this is done so I can run my trains at prototypical speeds. - George ...

Word had gotten out that someone was lying face down on the frozen lake. One parent even joked that “drinking” may have been involved. Soon, Pete Capponi took off his shoes, and like a benevolent ...