This model of a West Virginia Pulp & Paper Shay steam locomotive will be running on the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale modular layout at the group’s 29th Annual Fall Train Show ...

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The Dakota Southeastern Division of the National Model Railroad Association is hosting its 12th annual Greater Sioux Falls Model Train Show on March 21-22, 2026.

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Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree ...

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, ...

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Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., was founded in Milwaukee in 1932 — but it really started on Christmas Day in 1899 when seven-year-old Bill Walthers found his first wind-up toy train waiting under the tree!

As the locomotive rolled past a gritty urban scene, engineer Lavon Stauffer smiled. “Now watch this,” he said. He increased the throttle, blew the airhorn and rang the locomotive’s bell ... all from ...