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

Tearing model trains apart is a big element of what Hull's team does here. That's because, he told me, the major source of the parts they use to fix the thousands of locomotives, freight and ...

Based on Kansas City Terminal Ry. Tower No. 2 in Kansas City, Mo. (Kit depicts tower before it was modified with two brick ...

Seeing the progression of railroading presented in miniature is like stepping into the pages of "Gulliver's Travels." Ocala's Model Railroaders' Historical Preservation Society is dedicated to pres… ...

This is not your grandfather’s electric train set. “In the old days, you had a dial,” said Steve Riegel, who oversaw the ...

At Franciscan Hobbies, model trains account for nearly half of all sales at the 57-year-old Ingleside shop, making it the largest dealer of model trains in San Francisco. John Gunther, the shop's ...

The centerpiece of the West Island Model Railroad, located in Hicksville, is the incredibly detailed Allentown, Pennsylvania train station. Compare the model to the actual station, pictured in 1960.

That's the real reason we do it." About 700 model railroad enthusiasts were likely to attend the show, Kadow said. "It caters to a vast number of different interests," he said.

The models sold, a steam locomotive and tender named LMS "Crab" and a gauge steam locomotive, the LMS class 7F, were said to be in "pristine condition" and sold in their display cases, complete ...

Trains take over 1,000 square feet of the Atlanta Botanical Garden when the Holiday Model Train Show comes to town. In its seventh year, the train show features six trains and one trolley that run ...