The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout is breaking up again, this time for good.

Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

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 train clubs ...

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 models ...

SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...

Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell, ...

If you have even a passing interest in trains, the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., is the place to be this weekend. The annual Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show is ...

TORRINGTON — Trains chugged along some 200 feet of track plus another 100 feet of “siders” at the Torrington Area Model Railroaders club at an open house and food drive Saturday. For the uninitiated, ...

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 ...