Anyone who is familiar with H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos knows the fictional town of Arkham. Now you can see it realized as a town created by an HO-scale train enthusiast building the Miskatonic ...

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity of model trains with the rise of a convenient, tabletop scale like HO.

Forget about racing miniature slot cars around a track. At this weekend's train show mounted by World's Greatest Hobby, children lined up to race model trains. The display was one of 200 booths that ...

Along with fir trees wrapped in strings of red and candy canes stuffed in long red stockings, toy trains are timeless images associated with Christmas. Earlier this year, a store specializing in those ...

Nobody looks bored at a model train show. Some people stare intently at crisscrossing objects in motion. Others build or fix things with the analytical skills of an engineer. Still others explain the ...

More than a century after they were invented, toy trains remain popular Christmas toys. Showing a Lionel train set in motion with smoke and train sounds at the Pittston Train Shop, owner John Merlino ...

BARLING — With much patience and an eye for detail, Barling’s David Brigham is re-creating a 1950s-era downtown Fort Smith on a small scale. HO to be exact. Tucked away in Brigham’s backyard shop is a ...

These are the last days of a small world on Ocean Avenue in the Ingleside district. Franciscan Hobbies, where the world is reduced to scale-model size, is going out of business Jan. 31 after 68 years.