Q: I have what may be an older Accurail HO scale kit. The couplers and trucks come with plastic plugs. Are these a secure ...

An organization devoted to model railroading will wrap up its open house schedule this week. Carbon Model Railroad Society, 529 Ore St., Bowmanstown, will be open 7-9 p.m. Thursday, and 1-4 p.m.

For many years Hobbyshop Window was a popular department in the pages of Model Railroader magazine. We’re excited to bring it back as a recurring feature on Trains.com. Here’s a recap of some of the ...

Q: I’m trying to decide on which turnout controller to use on my HO scale railroad. I’ve looked at the Tortoise by Circuitron and the Walthers Layout Control System. I like Walthers products, but it ...

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 ...

♪ >> 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 ...

Pieces of the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s 4,000-square-foot model train layout are ready to be taken away by volunteers working with the National Model Railroad Association’s northeast region ...

Rappahannock River Railroaders will again host a White Sale, an Open House and Free Model Railroad repair session on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their layout on Ballpark Road in ...

GLADSTONE, Ill. — It’s that time of year when many look forward to a famous sound. You may say “gobble-gobble” or “ho ho ho,” but railroad fans know it’s “choo-choo.” And that sound will be on display ...

Multiple generations of adults can vividly recall waking up on Christmas morning to find a model railroad train set circling around the holiday tree. The allure of model trains followed the growth of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Train enthusiasts were in their element Saturday — but in small scale. The National Model Railroad Association’s Mid Central Region held its train show and sale Saturday at ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...