A Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 diesel locomotive, based on a Phase III prototype, is now available from Rapido Trains. The HO scale ...

Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model trains ...

I've got three boxes full of HO scale train stuff; mostly cars plus about 6-8 locomotives, some buildings, and so forth. This stuff has just been sitting for years, and it's time to get rid of it.

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 ...

They are allowed to run one of the up to 20 HO-scale trains around the huge layout, which has about 900 feet of track. (HO scale is 1/87 of the size of a real train and is smaller than the O-scale ...

The Maine Central Model Railroad is the state of Maine’s largest HO-scale model railroad. The exhibit originated from the home of Helen and Harold “Buz” Beal, from Jonesport.

A model Illinois Central Railroad train moves along the HO scale layout during an annual Holiday Train Show and open house by Model Railroad Club Inc. in Union on Saturday, December 3, 2022.

DeLawter said one foot in HO scale represents 87 feet in real size and that N scale is about half of HO. He described how current model trains can use digital command control to manage train ...

Mack said the RVRR was very eclectic because a variety of trains run alongside each other, unlike other clubs that run trains from a certain time period. “We are not hard-core model railroaders ...