Jeff Springer plays with model trains all day. And he gets paid for it. Mr. Springer is one of fewer than 20 people in the United States whose full-time occupation is building model train layouts.

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can make the best models in the world, but as soon as you can see the layout room wall behind them, they tend to lose their ...

When members of the Four County Society of Model Engineers decided to enter their modular train layout in the largest train show in North America, they expected to have fun. They did not expect to ...

A model train layout depicting Fort Morgan’s Main Street circa 1915 is the latest addition to the Fort Morgan Museum’s Main Gallery, according to a city news release. The new display in the gallery’s ...

The Brandon Hills Model Railway Club opened its doors to the public Saturday afternoon, offering a glimpse into the world of model railroading at its open house at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan ...

Warrnambool's Brodie Roberts built his first train layout specifically for the 2025 model train show which will be held this weekend. Katrina Lovell is a senior journalist at The Standard who covers ...

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 ...