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 ...

Though model railroading is male dominated, Rudder says, that’s changing. “We are finding that with G-scale, or garden, railroading that a lot more women are getting into the hobby..

TOPSHAM — More than 30 years ago, Paul Lodge was shopping at a store for model railroaders in Auburn when he realized it was the only place people like him could gather and talk about model trains.

“We have pretty much every scale that there is, and we have trains for everybody to run,” he told WDBJ7 Thursday morning. The Roanoke Valley Model Railroad Club currently has nine layouts.

DeBlasi is a member of National Model Railroad Association. The New Jersey division of the organization will be hosting the Delaware Valley Turn Mid-Eastern Region Fall Convention on Oct. 22-25.

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 ...