The Lake County Model Railroad Club will celebrate 52 years of model railroading with its spring open house. The club was formed by six model railroaders who were frustrated with the lack of space ...

Did you know Milwaukee is the birthplace of model railroading and continues to dominate in the hobby today? It's true, thanks to W. Walthers, Inc., a family-owned local business that was started in ...

Professor Emeritus Ron Fritzsche rediscovered model railroading about 10 years ago after retiring from Humboldt State University. “Model railroading is fun, because there are so many aspects to it,” ...

Model Railroader staff completed three custom bridges for the HO scale East Troy Industrial Park layout, combining kit-built and kitbashed designs to fit complex track and scenery needs. Using ...

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From foam-carved hills to weathered locomotives, model railroad scenery transforms tracks into immersive miniature worlds. With the right techniques, you can create believable terrain, vegetation, and ...

Even if you don’t do it, you can still see why other people do. Model railroading isn’t just about creating, it’s about saving. It’s not just about cool toys, it’s about community-shaping history. Guy ...

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).

Wayne dreams he can build a small layout with a minimum of expenses and space He gets some helpful advice from his Good Sense Theres so much to consider time period type of traffic and scale Wayne ...