At Franciscan Hobbies, model trains account for nearly half of all sales at the 57-year-old Ingleside shop, making it the largest dealer of model trains in San Francisco. John Gunther, the shop's ...

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity of model trains with the rise of a convenient, tabletop scale like HO.

August Warren, 3, watches a model train operate during a model railroad show sponsored by Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club at the Jim Graham Building on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Adam Jennings ...

Detroit may be the birthplace of the Model T — but it's also a special place for lovers of model trains. They go together, in a way. Kids at heart who love industrial design, engineering and the ...

Howard Zane has been working on the railroad for thirty years--building a massive model train set complete with 150 locomotives, thousands of feet of track and more than 6,000 figures. He's expanded ...