It’s shows like the one at Mt. Ararat and the annual holiday train show at the Maine State Museum in Augusta — set for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 — that keeps Mainers interested in model railroading, which is ...
One of the greatest strengths of model railroading is the diverse, multifaceted nature of the hobby. History, woodworking, electrical engineering, and many other disciplines can all be pursued toward ...
When you enter the Ocala Model Railroaders Historic Preservation Society headquarters, you may think you hear the conductor's cry to board an early steam or modern diesel electric locomotive driven ...
Today, on Bubbler Talk, we're clearing up a mystery for local listener Monique Balistreri, who says she was out socializing on E. National Ave., and came upon an odd-looking building underneath ...
The Humboldt Bay and Eureka Model Railroad Club will hold its annual “Spring Open House” April 27 and 28 from noon to 5 p.m. each day at its clubhouse, corner of Seventh and A streets in Eureka. There ...
The biggest model railroad club in the Northwest has hand-built everything from Union Station to Multnomah Falls in meticulous detail — with the occasional whimsical flourish (we see you, Bigfoot).
John: Our American Flyer S Gauge layout is the largest in the world at over 1,700 square feet. The oldest piece that we have in the museum is from 1918. It’s made by Lionel and it still runs. Tell me ...
In a room off the detached garage of a home in southeast Cedar Rapids, it's always the early 1950s in central Pennsylvania, in miniature. Steam locomotives haul coal from area mines to rail yards ...
ZANESVILLE — The members of the Zane Trace and National Trail Model Railroad Club have transformed a vast empty room into a empire of tiny trains. They will show it off to the public this weekend.
It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...