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 February 27th 2026.

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 ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...

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

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 ...

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