Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...

Read a product review of the O gauge Lionel Legacy Fairbanks-Morse Train Master from Chris Montagna and Classic Toy Trains ...

It’s a cliché to refer to a decade as a "decade of change." In the summation of our nation's history, what decade wasn't a decade of change? Change is perhaps the great constant of American history, ...

2025 marked another great year for new releases in model railroading. Whatever your scale or discipline in the hobby, odds are good that there was a new release that caught your eye and had you ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model of the Tom Thumb ...

Reading Railroad apprentices working in shops in Reading and St. Clair built a scale model of a locomotive for the New York World’s Fair in 1939. Construction of the Pacific Type G-1 steam locomotive ...

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Everyone has a hobby, but it certainly wasn’t on our bingo card ...

NAGOYA -- A life-sized cardboard mockup of a C62 steam locomotive has been assembled in the lobby of Chukyo TV Broadcasting Co. in this city's Nakamura Ward as a part of a railway event running Nov. 2 ...

If you love both classic rock and miniature locomotives, have we got an auction for you. Canadian rock icon Neil Young is auctioning off some of his personal belongings, and the set includes some of ...