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

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

Building an elaborate model railroad looks like a legitimately relaxing and rewarding hobby, but if you don’t have an entire basement to dedicate to a sprawling countryside layout, take inspiration ...

The TMB Model Train Club will open its doors to the public this holiday season, showcasing its ever-expanding 6,500-square-foot O-scale model railroad layout in Dix Hills featuring a newly added ...

All aboard the CNY large-scale model railway A look at the Central New York Large-Scale Railway Society's 900 square foot model layout at Driver's Village in Cicero. The G gauge size models run on a ...

Pastor Ben Grove adjusts an engine that has gone slightly off track on his model railroad replica of the Altoona region in his home basement. His layout features famous Altoona area landmarks such as ...

MADISON — Dr. Alan Friedler loves spending countless hours perfecting his model train layout. And this is a passion he never outgrew from when he was a kid. An onlooker might feel like a kid again ...

Idea person: Glen Rosenbaum, a partner at the law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Big idea: Showcase history through model train room. Where it came from: In the early '50s, when Rosenbaum was three or four ...