Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model trains ...

The Austin Model Railway Society goes the extra mile to construct a small-scale world of extraordinary historical accuracy.

Roanoke’s railroad “Glory Days” may be well in the past. But one aspect of the railroad community is alive and well.

Laurence Lau sounds an electronic whistle as children study a fictionalized version of an urban train interchange. The ...

In a terrible twist of faith, an 18 wheeler carrying a crane bottomed out and got stuck on top of a railroad crossing in Mer Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday.

WINSTED — I recently read a story of a hobby shop in Winsted that was closing its doors. Sadly, this is not an uncommon event in the hobby shop business these days.