If you’ve followed Model Railroader’s Facebook page, you’ll probably know that periodically over the past several years, I’ve made posts called “Lunchtime Reading,” which are simply my musings on ...

The Trump administration's tariffs have had broad effects on the economy. They've even created uncertainty for the niche industry of model railroading. Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: The ...

Model railroaders convene each year to celebrate their hobby. But this year they're wondering about the impact of tariffs on the foreign companies that make a lot of the products they collect. The ...

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - Calling all model train enthusiasts, an event celebrating the hobby is coming to the Heartland. The event is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 7 at the Pavilion in ...

Bruce Kingsley used an Arduino project board to add sound, motion, and programmed lighting effects to this HO scale house. You can read his story and other Arduino ...

HEBER SPRINGS -- Amid the tensions and turmoil of 2026, Ruland Junction Toy Train Museum promises "a trip back in time to a simpler era." Its elaborate model-train layout "recreates a world before ...

In 2015, the state began widening a section of I-75 in Oakland County. To make room for additional northbound and southbound lanes, vegetation that had served as a natural sound barrier was removed, ...

I'm trying to get block detection working on my HO scale model railroad. I found this page and liked the idea of using current transformers to detect the Digital Command Control signal inducing ...

Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on by the Amherst Railway Society. Big trains, little trains, diesel, freight ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. There are hundreds of ...

What if you could combine the simplicity of Arduino with the power of a Linux-based processor, all in one compact device? Enter the Arduino Uno Q, a new development board designed to handle everything ...