Choosing between HO and N scale is a key decision that will shape your entire model railroading experience. The scale you pick impacts how much space you need, the level of detail you can achieve, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or ...

Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree ...

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 ...

It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...

Did you know Milwaukee is the birthplace of model railroading and continues to dominate in the hobby today? It's true, thanks to W. Walthers, Inc., a family-owned local business that was started in ...

♪ >> PETER DOES WORK A FULL-TIME JOB SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS IS NONPAYING ONE, THE ONE HE HAS WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. >> IT IS A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP THE LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S ...

Ryan Kunkle, supervisor of visitor services at the Railroad Museum of Pa., can remember lying in bed as a little boy as the not-too distant echoes of train whistles lulled him to sleep. "The trains ...

Many model railroaders have the mindset of looking at items not for what they are but what they might become. I count myself ...

Known as “The Train Lady,” North Barrington resident Elaine Silets is the owner and operator of the Harvey M. Silets Memorial O-Scale Model Railroad Museum, which is named after her late husband. The ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...