Designing a model railroad layout blends creativity with structured planning, whether you’re crafting a compact shelf line or a multi-deck design. Choosing a suitable scale, track arrangement, and ...

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

Bridges are one of the more impressive features found on a model railroad layout. Prototype railroads use bridges large and ...

Model Railroader staff completed three custom bridges for the HO scale East Troy Industrial Park layout, combining kit-built and kitbashed designs to fit complex track and scenery needs. Using ...

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...

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 ...

MANSFIELD, Texas -- A train and three rail cars sit in the tiny shadow of a water tower in Don Hughes' workshop, causing him to smile. "That was the train that started it all," he said, "the train on ...

CROCKETT — Extensive model railroad layouts will be operating and on display to the public during the fourth annual Crockett Railroad Days fom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Two model train clubs ...

When the Museum of Science and Industry unveils its model railroad exhibit this fall, Chicagoans will be able to look down on a miniature Loop, complete with operating elevated trains clattering over ...