When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the hallway beyond, I thought that was ...

ELLENSBURG, Wash. – At first, Jim Pendley just wanted to build a replica of two Northern California railroad bridges that he traveled over in the heart of the scenic Sierra Nevada in the mid-1980s as ...

Andrew Brusgard, a third generation of Brusgard to be involved with the model trains, stands amongst an O scale model train layout during an annual Holiday Model Railroad Exhibit by New York Society ...

The story drew hundreds of thousands of views online, and a couple from New Hampshire decided they wanted to buy the set.

Rapt and in a model train moment all his own, Owen Rash of Tacoma looks over an HO scale model layout during the 2014 Model Train Festival show at the Washington State History Museum. This year’s show ...

The Mendocino Coast Model Railroad and Historical Society is a must-do event for locals and visitors to the coast.

This story originally was published Dec. 7, 2017. It has been updated with information about the train expansion and a new covered bridge. As the engineer of Frysville Farms’ trains, Vincent Fry plans ...

MADISON — Dr. Alan Friedler loves spending countless hours perfecting his model train layout. And this is a passion he never outgrew from when he was a kid. An onlooker might feel like a kid again ...

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