Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

Layout visit to the N scale Modutrak display, as presented at Trainfest 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis.

The Kanab Train Show returns January 16–17, 2026, with model railroad displays, vendors, and activities for kids and adults ...

The intricacy of the N-scale models is illustrated by some of the museum’s regular exhibits, LaBounty said. Each of Dodge’s train cars has a tiny knuckle coupling, smaller than the head of a match, to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dodge sets one of his N scale trains on its track. “N scale” comes from the word “nine,” because the width of the track is 9 ...

Model railroaders typically observe their project from high above. It would be neat to see what the world looks like to the residents of your little town, but getting down to their point of view is ...