Though its history is tied to track, the product line for Atlas Model Railroad Co. has grown and diversified from Z to O ...

Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a treasured birthday present. As the years went on, most of those trains were ...

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 ...

He said visitors will see the operating railroad displays showing areas in which trains traveled over the years, learn the local history of trains that serviced this area, walk outside to watch real ...

Dodge sets one of his N scale trains on its track. “N scale” comes from the word “nine,” because the width of the track is 9 millimeters. Museum visitors take in the trains at the Union Pacific ...

One of the greatest strengths of model railroading is the diverse, multifaceted nature of the hobby. History, woodworking, electrical engineering, and many other disciplines can all be pursued toward ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — Chugging through Idaho’s history, model railroad clubs in the Treasure Valley serve as places of community. The smaller-than-life trains at the Old Boise Model Railroad Club and ...

Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich history of model railroading in the park. That history began in 1935, when a ...