A Gwinnett County man has turned a lifelong fascination with locomotives into a global online community, connecting train ...

Twenty years ago, a group of fellows stripped out an old laundromat and UPS office and transformed the place into a lilliputian wonderland. Maybe it's not a wonderland until you stoop down and lean in ...

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 ...

Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...

Though I’ve been in the hobby for more than 70 years, I’m still amazed at the number of new products being released. Gone are ...

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 ...

Photojournalist Katy Snodgrass takes you inside the 2026 train show at ‘Das Essenhaus’ in Middlebury to meet the passionate model train enthusiasts keeping the history alive.

The model train is leaving the station. Hop aboard, because this weekend is the last TECO Model Train Show in Colorado Springs, which means it’s the last model train show in town. A few others exist ...

If you’ve followed Model Railroader’s Facebook page, you’ll probably know that periodically over the past several years, I’ve made posts called “Lunchtime Reading,” which are simply my musings on ...

Inside the former Holly Theater more than a mile of hand-laid track carries the railroad legacy of this small town.

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...