The Youngstown Model Railroad Association is holding an open house so people can get an up-close look at its displays, which ...

The Northeast Georgia N Scale Railroad Club invites the public to view a massive N scale train layout on Nov 1.

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Building a working locomotive requires careful measurement, precise assembly, and close attention to mechanical details. The process highlights how skilled craftsmanship and engineering techniques ...

Dieter’s Train Town was designed and built inside a 4,000-square-foot warehouse in Virginia Beach by Dieter Steinhoff and friends during the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s still a work in progress.

Step inside Michigan hobby shops where miniature railroads and model kits make it easy to spend hours browsing.

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby ...

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