Periodically, I dig through old issues of Model Railroader with an eye toward changes in the hobby, as well as noting the introduction of techniques and layout design practices that we take for ...

Q: What layout is behind Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno when he hosts “Cody’s Office” on Trains.com? — James Macko A: The layout in the background is the Winston-Salem Southbound Tar ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

One of the greatest strengths of model railroading is the diverse, multifaceted nature of the hobby. History, woodworking, electrical engineering, and many other disciplines can all be pursued toward ...

His third wife, a professor of family studies, seems to understand. His hours in the basement don't threaten her. Howard Zane, 65, decided when he sold his industrial design company nearly 20 years ...

The livingroom coffee table has long been a favorite realm of the model railroad. But what to do when you actually want to have coffee? [Peter Waldraff] has come up with a most eloquent answer to the ...

When Robin Claxton was seven years old, his father built him and his little brother a model train layout with a 4’ by 8’ sheet of plywood and some old tracks and engines at the family’s home in Sharon ...

Members of the Smith Mountain Lake Model Railroad Group recently gathered around the O-gauge layout that’s been created by Waverly Resident Jim Mathie during the past eight years.

The massive model railroad layout members of the Springfield Model Railroad Club created in their meeting space isn’t a toy. Named “Springfield Terminal Railway Association,” the club’s model railroad ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The 58th annual Railroad Hobby Show is set for this weekend at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield. Eastern States Exposition offers free ...