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.

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 ...