One floor features smoking steam trains and realistic bells and horns of the traditional Lionel and American Flyer trains. The other has a detailed layout of newer HO scale trains.

Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model trains ...

A Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 diesel locomotive, based on a Phase III prototype, is now available from Rapido Trains. The HO scale ...

The Northeast Large Scale Train Show, sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society is coming to the Eastern State Exposition fairgrounds April 28 and 29.

The nonprofit group was founded in 1936 and is dedicated to educating people about railroad history and preserving live steam, gas-mechanical and electronic railroad technology.

They are the best contrast to the ultra-sleek monorails that circle the Seven Seas Lagoon. Hissing and steaming, they are Walt Disney World's fleet of narrow-gauge steam locomotives.