Ron Snyder of Stoughton estimates he has spent at least $200,000 on train cars, transformers, tracks, miniature buildings and other accessories since his hobby-turned-obsession began several years ...

The model goes beyond the six train stations, 100 buildings and some 5,000 trees and shrubs. Scully has frozen everything in time on that day back in July 1952. Seven computers run a ten-minute ...

Model railroading is a time-honored hobby enjoyed by countless passionate enthusiasts who continuously endeavor to make their miniature trains and tracks more and more realistic, to the point of ...

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 ...

“Setting up a train around the tree is the spark for someone to take those trains off the carpet and start building a model railroad,” Vondrak says. “I got my start in the hobby from a gift ...

At Franciscan Hobbies, model trains account for nearly half of all sales at the 57-year-old Ingleside shop, making it the largest dealer of model trains in San Francisco. John Gunther, the shop's ...

But children had special reason to love trains. “Trains brought everything from visiting relatives to all the goods in town,” says Tony Cook, editor of Model Railroad News.