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.

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 ...

An interview with Jay Escamilla of Third & Townsend and Sunset Models looks at what’s in store in under this new partnership.

Learn more about the Rapido HO EMD GP40 decorated for Western Pacific in this review from Model Railroader magazine ...

The Los Angeles Model Railroad Society in Hawthorne has been running their HO scale trains since the mid 1970’s. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in ...

Did you know Milwaukee is the birthplace of model railroading and continues to dominate in the hobby today? It's true, thanks to W. Walthers, Inc., a family-owned local business that was started in ...

Richard Dobler is a railroad baron in the manner of Henry Flagler, though on a less ostentatious scale. Adjacent to his home between Lake Wales and Dundee lies an 18-acre model train domain that he — ...

From the choo-choo that goes around the Christmas tree to fanciful displays and seasonal train rides like The Polar Express, trains have long been associated with the holidays. For the ultimate ...

Sun City resident George Rumpp and his neighbor Terry Whalen are working to bring model train aficionados together in a community group called the G-Gauge Modelers. Though Sun City is already home to ...

You wouldn’t think the town of Pueblo, Colorado, would fit into a 2,500-square-foot building in North Fort Myers. But it does. And so does San Bernardino, Castle Rock, Denver and several other ...