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 ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...

Deep in Oregon lies Train Mountain, home to the world’s longest rideable model train track. Spanning over 37 miles, this ...

SULPHUR, La. (WVUE) - There is just something about a model railroad that can bring a little town to life, and maybe even give us a glimpse into what it was like at some other place and time. Tommmy ...

Some of Lancaster County’s most elaborate model train sets have light shows, combine multiple-gauge trains and show real and made-up towns. The holiday season is the only time to see most of them. The ...

Known as “The Train Lady,” North Barrington resident Elaine Silets is the owner and operator of the Harvey M. Silets Memorial O-Scale Model Railroad Museum, which is named after her late husband. The ...

RARITAN TWP. — Northlandz is a phenomenon by any standard, but to a 5-year-old boy, it's a mind-blower. A Route 202 roadside attraction, Northlandz bills itself as the world’s largest model railroad.

DALLAS (AP) - When Jane Sanders decided it was time to move from her Preston Hollow home, she had a locomotive-sized problem: what to do with her late husband’s model train display. With an estimated ...

Modeling a railroad is hard. Railroads are large, linear pieces of civil engineering. So many modelers are drawn to the smallest scale they can use. Recently a new scale, named T, at 1:450 has been ...

The Berkshire Eagle feature about my friend, Jack Trowill, and his model train collection inspired this baby boomer memory. One of the favorite Christmas or Hanukkah gifts that my friends and I ...