Youngstown Model Railroad Association officer Bruce Silvernail handles the switching operations at one of the large yards on the HO layout. The YMRA HO layout will appear in the national magazine, ...

GOSHEN — Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a treasured birthday present. As the years went on, most of those ...

If you could create your ideal world, how would it look (outside of being pandemic free)? It’s not entirely a thought experiment. As editor Roger DuPuis outlined in Sunday’s page 1 story, plenty of ...

Zane Trace and National Trail Model Railroad Club member Bob Lee eases a train across a bridge on the club's layout in Zanesville. The club will hold an open house this weekend. ZANESVILLE — The ...

Firecrown Media has acquired Trains magazine and several other railroading publications from Kalmbach Media, Trains reports. The terms were not disclosed. Also included are Classic Trains, Model ...

What led you to photograph model trains? Some grow up liking girls and beer—I also liked trains. In terms of photography, that was my father’s hobby—he had lots of nice cameras. Popular Photography ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...

MONACA — Walt Steiner positions himself near the entrance to Beaver County Model Railroad and Historical Society in Monaca, awaiting visitors – especially children – who come to view the club’s train ...