Layout visit to the N scale Modutrak display, as presented at Trainfest 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis.

For 80 years, Athearn has been a part of the model railroading industry, producing familiar product ranges like HO scale blue ...

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

Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a ...

“I started out with HO scale trains, but in my late teens I discovered N scale and I found that I could create more realistic scenes due to the proportion of scenery to trains.” An N scale train is ...

The Kanab Train Show returns January 16–17, 2026, with model railroad displays, vendors, and activities for kids and adults ...

Most of us would be pretty happy with ourselves if we made one of those neat “epoxy river” types of art for our home. Not so with prolific maker [Peter Waldraff]. [Peter] is a skilled craftsman with a ...

Adults who love model railroading say it sometimes makes them feel like kids again. Their concern is to make sure that today’s kids, and the generations of kids to come, will follow in their footsteps ...

Mentoring kids is challenging, rewarding, and fun. There is no doubt in my mind that Model Railroading can provide a solid ...