Youngstown Model Railroad Association officer Bruce Silvernail handles the switching operations at one of the large yards on the HO layout. The YMRA HO layout will appear in the national magazine, ...

Mentoring kids is challenging, rewarding, and fun. There is no doubt in my mind that Model Railroading can provide a solid ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

MONACA — Walt Steiner positions himself near the entrance to Beaver County Model Railroad and Historical Society in Monaca, awaiting visitors – especially children – who come to view the club’s train ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...