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The Rise of HO Scale Model Trains

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity ...
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Which combinations of HO scale couplers work well together?

Q: I’m getting back into model railroading after a 50 year hiatus. I’m having trouble with knuckle couplers that won’t ...
The Southern Illinoisan

Large-scale model train hobbyists are on the same track

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 ...
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An interview with Jim Wiggin of Athearn

For 80 years, Athearn has been a part of the model railroading industry, producing familiar product ranges like HO scale blue ...
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An elaborate scale model railroad layout chugs its engine in a Leominster, Mass. home

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 ...
Observer-Reporter

Spring model railroad open house set

The Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society is having its first open house of 2025 Saturday and Sunday at the Mountaineer Mall in Morgantown, W.Va. Visitors will be able to see the group’s HO scale ...
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An elaborate scale model railroad layout chugs its engine in a Leominster, Mass. home

♪ >> PETER DOES WORK A FULL-TIME JOB SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS IS NONPAYING ONE, THE ONE HE HAS WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. >> IT IS A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP THE LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S ...