Model trains first appeared in the late 19th century as simple tinplate toys, often crafted by hand.. Before HO scale became ...

A model train passes by a Hudson and Delaware train on an HO scale model train layout during an annual Holiday Train Show and open house by Model Railroad Club Inc. in Union on Saturday, December ...

The Athearn Genesis HO EMD GP38-2 is offered in six paint schemes, including Milwaukee Road with billboard lettering ...

HO is the most popular model train scale in the U.S. and Canada. Out of that meeting, the new members constructed a 5-foot by 10-foot portable layout for the Railroad Community Committee of the ...

They are allowed to run one of the up to 20 HO-scale trains around the huge layout, which has about 900 feet of track. (HO scale is 1/87 of the size of a real train and is smaller than the O-scale ...

Model trains are measured using: Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on the model equals 48 inches on a real train.

Seashore Trolley Museum’s new Maine Central Model Railroad building is now open year-round. The exhibit is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this winter and spring. The ...

DeLawter said one foot in HO scale represents 87 feet in real size and that N scale is about half of HO. He described how current model trains can use digital command control to manage train ...

'That's a real workout for an HO scale train.' By 2009, Model Railroad Dreams became a full-time job. Ferreter has customers nationwide, with concentrations in the Chicago area and Iowa's ...

He said the HO train sets, the name of which is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half of the zero scale that is commonly used to measure model trains, are more difficult ...

James Smith, 7, (middle) shows excitement as trains move on the HO-scale model railway layout built by the Brandon Hills Model Railway Club in five years at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan ...