Looking for the perfect gift for the railfan or modeler in your life? Check out the Trains.com Holiday Gift Guide 2025 and ...

It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...

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 ...

The massive model railroad layout members of the Springfield Model Railroad Club created in their meeting space isn’t a toy. Named “Springfield Terminal Railway Association,” the club’s model railroad ...

Railroad enthusiasts are getting a return trip this year to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. In addition to the annual Railroad Hobby Show held there each year in January by the ...

Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich ...

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 ...

Figurines in an outdoor wintery scene on the train layout by the Mason Dixon Large Scale Railroad Society on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. The society’s 32nd annual model train display is setup in the ...

You never know where change will lead you. What started out as an attempt to fine-tune my existing HO scale layout ended with a new house and a 2,600 square-foot, four-deck model railroad – the Sunset ...