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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve followed Model Railroader’s Facebook page, you’ll probably know that periodically over the past several years, I’ve ...

Dave Skinner was not interested in a grand model train layout. Something small — a “circle of track six feet in diameter.” Something in a corner of his basement in his Woodbury home, where he could ...

Robert Lafferty sat back as he took control of his steam locomotive in the back of the main display hall at the Augusta ...

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 ...

The lure of model trains holds no barriers for those who build them and those who come to admire them. Whether the entrancement is triggered by memories of the lonesome whistle or admiration of the ...

History comes in all shapes and sizes and this weekend, a scaled-down version of the iron horse will be open to the public at 22 sites in Reno and Carson City. November is National Railroad Month and ...

What is Christmastime without model trains? Many years ago, as a routine part of the holiday festivities, train sets — large American Flyer or Lionel — were set up in homes to run on tracks underneath ...

FULL TIME JOB TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS HIS NON PAYING ONE, THE ONE HE’S WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. IT’S A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP WHAT LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S A GREAT ESCAPE FROM THE ...