If you’ve followed Model Railroader’s Facebook page, you’ll probably know that periodically over the past several years, I’ve made posts called “Lunchtime Reading,” which are simply my musings on ...

Railroads used to crisscross Redstone Arsenal with their whistles and bells cutting through the night air. On Tuesday nights in a building, tucked in the WWII-era warehouses, the sound of train ...

Train enthusiasts of all ages saw seven different train scales operating on over 1,600 feet of track.

For as long as there has been model railroading, there have been model railroad clubs. Many of these groups and organizations, with some dating back to the 1930s, remain active today with ...

Model railroading's cross-generational appeal takes center stage at the San Antonio Model Railroad Association's 50th Annual ...

The 37th annual Swap Meet and Train Show in Eugene, Oregon, continues to draw multi-generational interest and emphasizes keeping youth engaged in model railroading.

The call of the railroad hits some people hard, harkening back to a time when trains were the veins and arteries of the land, with large steam engines pulling railroad cars, moving people and freight ...

The Ozarks Model Railroad Association announced that its annual fundraising train and model railroad show is expanding into a two-day program for its 2024 show, to be held Sept. 20-21 at the Ozark ...

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 ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Growing up, Rob Caves remembers there ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. There are hundreds of ...