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.

Wye Bridge Hobbies has a massive model railroad inside the store. Everyone is invited to use the layout and to help with its expansion. Beginners welcome!

The passenger train pulls away from the station, picking up speed as it passes a busy bowling green and people relaxing on deckchairs. A short distance away, a man stands on a bridge watching a ...