Though its history is tied to track, the product line for Atlas Model Railroad Co. has grown and diversified from Z to O ...

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

Dodge sets one of his N scale trains on its track. “N scale” comes from the word “nine,” because the width of the track is 9 millimeters. Museum visitors take in the trains at the Union Pacific ...

When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the hallway beyond, I thought that was as large a model railroad as I would ever own. I was just happy that my ...

Most of us would be pretty happy with ourselves if we made one of those neat “epoxy river” types of art for our home. Not so with prolific maker [Peter Waldraff]. [Peter] is a skilled craftsman with a ...

BOISE, Idaho — Chugging through Idaho’s history, model railroad clubs in the Treasure Valley serve as places of community. The smaller-than-life trains at the Old Boise Model Railroad Club and ...

Mar. 14—NAPPANEE — Remember seeing toy trains on tiny tracks circling displays of Christmas villages each December? Or the magic of watching a grandfather's locomotive and train traveling on a scenic ...

Despite all the electronic temptations that bombard young and old these days, model trains remain a crowd-pleaser. The Lilliputian world of model trains, this miniscule and perfect universe, continues ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — All were welcome aboard the Hershey History Center over the weekend. The center hosted Trains at the Tracks for families to learn about the significance of the railroad system in ...