Did you know Milwaukee is the birthplace of model railroading and continues to dominate in the hobby today? It's true, thanks to W. Walthers, Inc., a family-owned local business that was started in ...

These Reading Company model locomotives and boxcar are among Managing Editor Roger DuPuis’ recent acquisitions. It’s not entirely a thought experiment. As editor Roger DuPuis outlined in Sunday’s page ...

The model railroad industry, along with other hobby sectors, faces an existential crisis as Trump administration tariffs of up to 145% on Chinese imports dramatically increase costs for manufacturers, ...

JANESVILLE, Wis.—More than half of Mike Bubrick’s basement is filled with model railroading. There’s a staging yard with a mainline loop and more than a dozen tracks operated by a digital control with ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - In Roanoke, the Virginia Museum of Transportation highlights some heavyweights of railroad history. In the museum’s basement, members of the Roanoke Valley Model Railroad Club ...

MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - When you think of a model railroad, the tradition of a train circling a Christmas tree may come to mind. For the past 16 years, a couple in Milford Township has ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - From passenger trains to freight trains, for more than 80 years the Twin City Model Railroad Museum in St. Paul has been a destination for train enthusiasts. Brandon Jutz is one ...

The trains on the Seneca Valley Lines head northwest from New Jersey, snaking through Pennsylvania and heading on to Geneva in Ontario County, then Victor, Rochester, Caledonia and Buffalo. Their ...

IN MCKEESPORT. THE MCKEESPORT MODEL RAILROAD CLUB IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE THIS WEEKEND. FAMILIES CAN EXPLORE 2200FT OF MODEL TRAINS. THE ELABORATE DISPLAYS CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — There's something about a model train set that always gets you in the holiday spirit. Many of you have one running beneath your Christmas tree each year. Whether you're a collector, ...