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

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 Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout was broken up again, this time for good.

When designing their layouts, many model railroaders gravitate towards the 1960s. It’s easy to understand why - to many in the hobby, the 1960s represents one of the most dynamic decades in American ...

Markus Maas was just a child when he built his first model train layout, trying to cram his HO-gauge set into a small, already crowded Swiss apartment. But in the years that followed, he abandoned his ...