The Athearn F89-F TOFC flatcar is decorated for Trailer Train (brown and yellow schemes), Kansas City Southern, and Southern ...

Model trains first appeared in the late 19th century as simple tinplate toys, often crafted by hand. Before HO scale became ...

Road names on the Athearn N scale F89-F TOFC flatcar include Kansas City Southern, Southern Pacific, and Trailer Train (brown and yellow schemes).

Kids ON TRACK: A Model Railroading Job Fair continues on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Springfield Union Station, 55 Frank B. Murray St. Parking for the event is available in the Union Station ...

For those working in the N scale, there’s now an easy way of observing your project as the train driver would see it: [Vassily98] managed to squeeze a wireless camera into an N-scale railcar.

Model trains are measured using: Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on the model equals 48 inches on a real train.

At Railroads in the Park, several area model railroading groups set up elaborate track layouts and had trains running continuously. One of those clubs was the Lake Erie N-Scale Society of ...

What model railroaders do. As with any human endeavor, model rail activity, which began in the 1840s, comes with its own language. A crucial set of the railroading terms deal with scale.

Large Scale Model Railroaders from across the region are at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield for the Northeast Large Scale Train Show. The show features S, O and G scales and ...

The Ohio N Scale Weekend 2025 model train display takes place at the Marion County Fairgrounds. Looking to try something new this week? Here's five things going on in Marion.

Where would the Cumberland Valley be without trains? Trains paved the way for transportation and commerce across the country.