The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the kind of place that grabs you by the imagination and simply refuses to let go.

News & Products for the week of August 3rd 2026 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading ...

Bring in a broken locomotive or search the shelves for rare pieces at a Washington shop built for model train enthusiasts.

Point-to-point layouts replicate realistic railroad operations, focusing on the journey of moving a train from an origin to a destination rather than simply watching it circle endlessly. How ...

This is where dedicated volunteers have spent decades building and operating miniature trains that actual humans can ride, ...

In this new product review, Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno examines the Athearn Genesis HO scale EMD SD70M! This video provides a detailed review of the model, focusing on its history, ...

With the HO scale Virginian Ry. benchwork in the Model Railroader workshop, managing editor David Popp begins laying down track… This operating layout features scenes visitors to the Amherst Railway ...

Periodically, I dig through old issues of Model Railroader with an eye toward changes in the hobby, as well as noting the ...

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Amtrak’s General Electric P42 diesel locomotive is offered in several modeling scales. The quarter is included for size comparison. Cody Grivno photo Model train scales come in a handful of commercial ...

COMMERCE TWP., MI - If only Sheldon Cooper had known about this place. This is said to be the country's largest operating O scale train model railroad. This place has more than three dozen model ...

In Hamburg, Germany, housed in a nondescript brick building, you'll find the Miniatur Wunderlan d - the largest HO scale model railroad in the world. The model, which has taken more than 500,000 hours ...