HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity ...

Though cabooses have all but disappeared from today’s railroads, they’re still front and center for hobby manufacturers.

For many years Hobbyshop Window was a popular department in the pages of Model Railroader magazine. We’re excited to bring it back as an occasional feature on Trains.com. Here’s a recap of some of the ...

Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

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 ...

Anyone who is familiar with H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos knows the fictional town of Arkham. Now you can see it realized as a town created by an HO-scale train enthusiast building the Miskatonic ...