Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

That’s the name Salamon has given to the elaborate, double-decker model train layout that fills this room, which he has been painstakingly building and operating for years. The detail extends to ...

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout is breaking up again, this time for good.

A hiss of steam, then a loud whistle blast, shatters the calm as the locomotive prepares to depart from the station. A set of orders from the dispatcher is given to the engineer and the last of the ...

Deep in Frisco’s Discovery Center, a man’s life is laid out in model train tracks in a 3,000-square-foot room. When no one is around, the room is quiet and dark. As the project nears completion, the ...

You wouldn’t think the town of Pueblo, Colorado, would fit into a 2,500-square-foot building in North Fort Myers. But it does. And so does San Bernardino, Castle Rock, Denver and several other ...

As model trains come out of storage to circle the Christmas tree, groups across Lancaster County open their doors to share their elaborate displays with the public. Many of these model train set-ups ...