HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity of model trains with the rise of a convenient, tabletop scale like HO.

In this product review video, Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno examines the Athearn Genesis HO scale (1:87.1) EMD ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the second part of a two-part article. In the first part of this two-part series, Gordon Fee, a longtime board member of the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge recalled how ...

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 ...

Five men have been working on a new HO model railroad layout for four months and now are hoping their new creation will be ready for the return of The Ford’s Colony Model Railroad Show to James City ...

Although he was just 4 years old at the time, Scott Mason clearly remembers the first train set he ever received — 1950s vintage, used Lionel trains given to him for Christmas by a family friend. “I ...

This holiday season, the Short Line Model Railroad Club in Ephrata has a wonderful Christmas delight for the family. Everyone will enjoy viewing the miniature trains as they roll through the detailed ...

Some might say that if you’ve seen one model train layout you’ve seen them all. Anyone who has ever attended the Color Country Model Railroad Club’s annual Model Railroad Open House knows that is ...

ELLENSBURG, Wash. – At first, Jim Pendley just wanted to build a replica of two Northern California railroad bridges that he traveled over in the heart of the scenic Sierra Nevada in the mid-1980s as ...

After spending nearly a decade to transform their basement into a model railroad wonderland, a Jefferson City father and son are taking their love of trains outdoors. Randy Hackman and his father, ...