You never know where change will lead you. What started out as an attempt to fine-tune my existing HO scale layout ended with a new house and a 2,600 square-foot, four-deck model railroad – the Sunset ...

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 ...

Building an elaborate model railroad looks like a legitimately relaxing and rewarding hobby, but if you don’t have an entire basement to dedicate to a sprawling countryside layout, take inspiration ...

A story we shared in October has taken on a life of its own — literally — after a 92-year-old Maine man’s model train village went viral and found a new home. For years, Dean Walker poured his passion ...

APPLETON - If you’ve been to Pierce Park or Jefferson School, you’ve glimpsed my model railroad. If you’ve been to the History Museum at the Castle, you’ve walked where my little people walk. If ...

Experience 1950s Oil City at Wye Bridge Hobbies during Christmas Past. View the expanded historical model train layout ...

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 ...

GRAND MEADOW — Wheels chug into motion. Steam pumps through model cylinders. A “piercing” bell switches tracks to “whistle talk.” It’s Wednesday morning train time with the Rail Runners Model Railroad ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...

Train lovers of all ages can enjoy the Great Northeast Model Train Show at the Holiday Inn Scranton East, 200 Tigue St., Dunmore, on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. hosted by Bernie Macavage, owner of ...

Model trains are chugging down the tracks, zipping around the bend and catching the eyes of East Texans once again at the ...