Dale Desser, of Erie, doesn't want visitors to simply watch his spectacular model railroad. He invites people to operate it.

A 2004 story in Railroad Model Craftsman magazine features Noonan’s 19-by-23-foot layout and describes how he got early exposure to model railways through a club.

A family tradition of setting up the train for the holidays turned into a lifelong passion for Swartz. After many years of setting up and tearing down the layout, Swartz built a permanent 210 ...

708-530-9584. Lake County Model Railroad Club: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free admission, donations accepted. 107 S. Main, Wauconda; 708-377-8072.

Lyle Dumont and his wife, Helen, share a laugh as they look over the new 40-by-90 foot Lionel model train layout at their Dumont Museum south of Sigourney. Photo was taken Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.

So, in 2002, the model railroading club transformed the tiny structure into a step back in time. “We put up drywall, and, of course, the layout and the ceiling and the carpeting and the lights ...

NEEDHAM, Mass. — 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 ...

A display of railroad history at the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club in the rear basement of NOE Office Equipment at 610 Green St. where an open house will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday, the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club kicked off their open house for the 2023 year. The club said it has been hard at work all spring and summer, and is excited ...

The Great Lakes Chapter of European Train Enthusiasts will be showing off their H0 gauge model train layout. On Friday, June 9 through Sunday, June 11, the layout will be at Fischer Hall.