Known as "the train guy," D. Scott Peterson of Weston has been playing with model railroads for most of his life. Peterson is a 47-year member of the Wisconsin Valley Model Railroad Club, which meets ...

Manufacturers come and go in model railroading. The large scale market, primarily G gauge, is no exception, with a wide range ...

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 ...

Longtime New Mexico State Fair goers will tell you the real magic of the fair is in the buildings but moving the fairgrounds ...

Starting at Union Station in Los Angeles, it takes about 20 to 25 minutes to reach the end of the line at the Bakersfield rail yards. “Close to an hour round trip,” Paul Koehler said. “That’s assuming ...

Nobody looks bored at a model train show. Some people stare intently at crisscrossing objects in motion. Others build or fix things with the analytical skills of an engineer. Still others explain the ...

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 ...

The Berkshire Eagle feature about my friend, Jack Trowill, and his model train collection inspired this baby boomer memory. One of the favorite Christmas or Hanukkah gifts that my friends and I ...

The show is part of the Railroad Museum's fundraising effort to apply for a matching grant from the state to build a pavilion structure over the trains on display outside ...

Rod Stewart has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Grammy. Could his next accolade be the Golden Spike Award for model railroading? The 74-year-old singer recently revealed the enormous train ...