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 ...

For most of us the closest we ever got to the world of steam-powered anything were the tourist destinations like the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania or the Wilmington and Western Railroad here in ...

Ryan Kunkle, supervisor of visitor services at the Railroad Museum of Pa., can remember lying in bed as a little boy as the not-too distant echoes of train whistles lulled him to sleep. "The trains ...

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity ...

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 ...

Young Jaxon Hartley, his mother Kayla Hartley and Barb Ruby enjoy the model railroad display at the Kalispell Center Mall Saturday, November 27. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Bill Luce and his ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – What more appropriate place for a model railroading exhibit than Springfield’s Union Station? “Kids on Track” is a job fair and show to display the intriguing world of ...

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 ...

The Golden Age of railroads, which lasted from the 1880s until the 1920s, may be a thing of the past, but don’t think for a minute the popularity of live railroads and model railroading is waning.

Gordon Fee asked that I convey to “Historically Speaking” readers the history of model railroading in Oak Ridge as it pertains to the unique relationship that has formed between a club in Knoxville ...