Union Station hosted the 36th annual Hostler Model Railroad Festival, featuring operating train models, contests and vendors.

Modeling a railroad is hard. Railroads are large, linear pieces of civil engineering. So many modelers are drawn to the smallest scale they can use. Recently a new scale, named T, at 1:450 has been ...

Young Jaxon Hartley, his mother Kayla Hartley and Barb Ruby enjoy the model railroad display at the Kalispell Center Mall Saturday, November 27. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Bill Luce and his ...

There’s a striking mountain scene in Colorado called Eagle Pass. But this particular Eagle Pass, and the entirety of its western-style surroundings, exists only in a building behind Arthur Houston’s ...

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last 113 ...

For years, many families have a model train display as part of the Christmas season’s decorations. Do you have fond memories of one, or do you still set up a display? My memory of a train display ...

Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich history of model railroading in the park. That history began in 1935, when a ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — In Pinellas Park, there's an age-old business that not only survived the pandemic but grew stronger because of it. Like the real-life steel titans, their models are made to ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — On a recent November morning, the basement of a Westminster Church was buzzing with excitement. A group of kids, along with their parents, had gathered for a regular meeting of ...