The Seashore Trolley Museum will host a celebration and grand opening of the Maine Central Model Railroad Building on Saturday, June 15, at its Kennebunkport campus. A cookout is planned from 11: ...

HO is the most popular model train scale in the U.S. and Canada. Out of that meeting, the new members constructed a 5-foot by 10-foot portable layout for the Railroad Community Committee of the ...

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 ...

James Smith, 7, (middle) shows excitement as trains move on the HO-scale model railway layout built by the Brandon Hills Model Railway Club in five years at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan ...

The beautifully crafted model railroad layout was built by Helen and Harold “Buz” Beal in Jonesport, Maine. For decades, the couple opened their home to guests from all over the world to view ...

“Each of us has his own train and it will be a thrill for us to see them running on this layout,” explained Treiber. The 2020 Model Railroad Show fell victim to COVID-19, breaking a 15-year run.

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest ...

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 ...

Groups of adults would operate HO (one half scale of O gauge) railroad layouts. Each operator would have a pre-determined task, such as moving a train’s cargo from point A to point B.

CROCKETT — Extensive model railroad layouts will be operating and on display to the public during the fourth annual Crockett Railroad Days fom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Two model trai… ...