EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

You never know where change will lead you. What started out as an attempt to fine-tune my existing HO scale layout ended with a new house and a 2,600 square-foot, four-deck model railroad – the Sunset ...

When members of the Four County Society of Model Engineers decided to enter their modular train layout in the largest train show in North America, they expected to have fun. They did not expect to ...

It's not every day that more than 800 model-train enthusiasts gather in one place to hook their trains together and create one gigantic layout. But that's what's happening Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 7-8, ...

TULSA, OK -- Model railroading is a year-round hobby, but it takes on a special significance at Christmas time. Hugh Keen of Tulsa is a retired mechanical engineer. Now he's the engineer on his own ...

GRINNELL, Iowa (KCRG) - About 20 years ago, a Grinnell couple bought the depot building across from the south side of Central Park. It sits right along railroad tracks, and not far from where the two ...

Tom Galvin, background, shows his grandchildren the model railroad layout at the Metro East Model Railroad Club’s annual open house Saturday. A replica of the mid-20th century Glen Carbon water tower ...