When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the hallway beyond, I thought that was ...

Here are some numbers that help explain why jaws drop at the first sight of the model-train set that tech entrepreneur Peter Hambling is having built in the basement of his Medina family home: • The ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club will keep the tradition of toy trains at Christmas alive with two family-oriented ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - ELTINGVILLE - Though Al Palma retired from the city Transit Authority more than 10 years ago, he continues to have trains on the brain. The Eltingville resident and Brooklyn ...

When engineer Gary Brown designed his house in Brooklyn Center 20 years ago, he had to overcome one tricky requirement. There could be no plumbing running through the exterior walls, he explains, "so ...

APPLETON - If you’ve been to Pierce Park or Jefferson School, you’ve glimpsed my model railroad. If you’ve been to the History Museum at the Castle, you’ve walked where my little people walk. If ...

Hours: Saturdays (This month: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; After: 9 a.m.–2 p.m.) ...

GALESBURG -- Follow Steve Phillips, 70, into his basement and at first you'll see what you expect, a dark and dingy space. But then he opens a set of double doors, flips on the lights, and you're ...

It might appear to just be the boiler room insie 28 Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge, but behind a door lies a massive model railroad layout that takes up the whole room. It's the headquarters of the Bay ...

This story originally appeared in the December 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. How many of us found something we loved as a ...

TRADITION. REPOER:RT HISTORIANS SAY MODEL TRAINS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1891 THEY’RE STILL POPULAR 130 YEARS LATER. THIS ONE IS THE MINIATURE RAILROAD & VILLAGE AT THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER AND IT ...