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This model of a West Virginia Pulp & Paper Shay steam locomotive will be running on the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale modular layout at the group’s 29th Annual Fall Train Show ...

Tour the HO scale (1:87.1) Chicago, Peoria & Western, John Brennan’s masterfully designed model railroad depicting the flatlands of Illinois in September 1940. Housed in a dedicated 35 x 45-foot ...

Youngstown Model Railroad Association officer Bruce Silvernail handles the switching operations at one of the large yards on the HO layout. The YMRA HO layout will appear in the national magazine, ...

If you’ve followed Model Railroader’s Facebook page, you’ll probably know that periodically over the past several years, I’ve made posts called “Lunchtime Reading,” which are simply my musings on ...

Adults who love model railroading say it sometimes makes them feel like kids again. Their concern is to make sure that today’s kids, and the generations of kids to come, will follow in their footsteps ...

Robert Lafferty sat back as he took control of his steam locomotive in the back of the main display hall at the Augusta ...

The Pueblo Model Railroad Association (PMRA) is partnering with Colorado Springs-based Train Expo Colorado to bring you the joys of model railroading. Each year, the PMRA stages a train model show ...

Railroads used to crisscross Redstone Arsenal with their whistles and bells cutting through the night air. On Tuesday nights in a building, tucked in the WWII-era warehouses, the sound of train ...