In Detroit last week assembled more than 200 people united by a common passion—the construction and operation of model railroads with such elaborate attention to detail and conformity to scale that ...

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 ...

Kalmbach Media, a 90-year-old Wisconsin publisher, has sold its Model Railroader, Trains, Astronomy, and other magazines to a Tennessee publisher. The sale to Firecrown Media, of Chattanooga, also ...

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, ...

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 ...

WEBVTT AMAJOR MILESTONE.>> STEVE, YOU WANT TO HELP MEHERE GET THIS OPEN?>> EDITOR NEIL BESOUGLOFF ANDTHE STAFF AT KALMBACH PUBLISHINGIN WAUKESHA ARE CELEBRATING AMAJOR MILESTONE.>> THIS IS THE KIND OF ...

What led you to photograph model trains? Some grow up liking girls and beer—I also liked trains. In terms of photography, that was my father’s hobby—he had lots of nice cameras. Popular Photography ...

Model trains have a way of captivating both the young and the young at heart and for the Pahrump Model Railroad Club, the passion runs deep. To share their love of the hobby and hopefully inspire ...

Taunton's Mass Model Railroad Club will be for all ages passionate about model trains, but the owner wants it to become an ...

WOODBURY — While everyone else is fooling with the newest version of the iPhone and Xbox 360s, Dave Skinner takes comfort in the days of Lionel trains and model railroads under the Christmas tree.

Retired professional golfer Ed Dougherty built a six-car garage for his home in Pennsylvania, but it contains no automobiles. None that are big enough to transport people, that is. Mr. Dougherty, 72, ...