Model Railroading News

The Flint River Model Railroad Club of Albany Georgia will host an openhouse on November 14, 2009.

Featuring model railroads of various scales from clubs across metro Atlanta - G Scale group is planning on exhibiting a live steam engine - Lego models - N Scale - HO Switching layouts - A full sized hand cart for your exercise enjoyment - O Scale Hands on experiences on some of the models Ideas for Christmas presents

The board of directors of the West Virginia Railroad Museum is offering the public an opportunity to own a railroad.

The Texas Western Model Railroad Club is again opening its doors to railroad enthusiasts every Saturday this month, the only time of the year that nonmembers can check out the 4,400-square-foot layout of old Americana.The dues-paying club has worked for 12-plus years to build an exact model of Western railroading in the 1940s and '50s, from the ...

By ROBERT CADWALLADER MANSFIELD - A train and three rail cars sit in the tiny shadow of a water tower in Don Hughes' workshop, causing him to smile.

The Bellevue Area Chamber of Commerce and Bellevue Downtown Committee again will sponsor a holiday market this year in the previous Ben Franklin's Department Store, 127 E. Main St.

Model trains will wind their way among the cactus during a model train show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Hapgood Theatre Company closes its season opener, "The Odd Couple," this weekend at the Nick Rodriguez Communtiy Center theater, 213 F St.

The Texas and Pacific Railway Museum's fifth annual Model Train Show offers fun for the entire family, according to Mary Hendricks, chair of the committee and vice president of the Marshall Depot board.

This is a Z scale model of an N scale train layout--a model of a model. And it works.

Gerald Hepp's mom got him a toy train set for Christmas in 1945. "When I was a little guy," the 69-year-old Northland resident said last week.

Wow! David K. Smith has made what seems a shoo-in for the title of World's smallest model train - This is a Z scale model of an N scale train layout--a model of a model.

Children, college students and a professional artist have come together to work on an art project on wheels.

Posted by Minnesotastan in Everything Else , Toy & Video Games on October 26, 2009 at 10:35 am Model train enthusiast David K. Smith has built a miniscule train layout which works - the train travels in an ellipse, including through a "mountain." "Thus, what was intended to be a Z scale model of a 4- by 8-foot HO scale layout became a Z scale model ...

The Connecticut River Museum kicks off the holiday season on Friday November 20, 2009 with its 16th Annual Holiday Train Show.

Since then, club members have put their collections in storage and have been looking for a permanent home so displays could be available year-round for the public to see.

New Jersey: The world's smallest working model train set has been unveiled, measuring just 1/8th of an inch by 1/4 of an inch.

Model train fans of all ages are in for an annual treat this fall with the 2009 Holiday Light and Sound Show and Open House of The Model Railroad Club, Inc.

NVMR operates multi-level layout at old W & OD train station, which opens to public 10 times a year.

An ongoing fight over toy trains is gaining legal steam. Mike's Train House in Columbia has filed a patent infringement complaint against a competitor it claims stole certain technology for HO scale locomotives.