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

Learn more about the latest products to arrive at the Model Railroader offices for the week ending March 6th 2026.

Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree ...

Learn more about the Rapido Trains HO Greenbrier coil gondola in this product review from Model Railroader magazine.

Kids and their parents were among the visitors who watched with fascination as trains rolled past on the six scale miles of mainline track at the Lake County Model Railroad Club in Wauconda Saturday.

Mike Stawinski was 8 years old when his father, Stanly, brought home a model train he found while working for Harrison in 1965. Stawinski, now 60, took his father’s find and built it into a lifelong ...

JT Gehrke replaces a locomotive on a G Scale Sante Fe Super Chief on the track last week at The Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse in Sumner. Joshua Bessex jbessex@gateline.com For many, The Old Cannery ...