Q: What layout is behind Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno when he hosts “Cody’s Office” on Trains.com? — James Macko A: The layout in the background is the Winston-Salem Southbound Tar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many of us dream of a model railroad empire on a massive scale. While the time, space and resources required usually dictate ...

Railway modelling is a rich, creative and varied hobby — and for those with the space and the passion to take things outside, ...

The model rail club set about recreating Alloa Station as it would have looked 60 years ago The passenger train pulls away from the station, picking up speed as it passes a busy bowling green and ...

A freight train chugs past the blast furnaces of the once-mighty Bethlehem Steel, taking visitors at the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum in Bethlehem on a journey back to America’s ...

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 ...

Step 1: Subterrain Before you can put scenery materials onto your layout, you have to have a base for them, often called the subterrain. Even if you're working on a plywood tabletop, or a flat surface ...

Pieces of the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s 4,000-square-foot model train layout are ready to be taken away by volunteers working with the National Model Railroad Association’s northeast region ...

The passenger train pulls away from the station, picking up speed as it passes a busy bowling green and people relaxing on deckchairs. A short distance away, a man stands on a bridge watching a ...