Bill Young, a St. Helena resident, is a large man; a man of ideas and complexity. Building model railroads and railroad bridges has been his hobby. Three years ago he wanted to challenge his ...

Experience 1950s Oil City at Wye Bridge Hobbies during Christmas Past. View the expanded historical model train layout ...

Explore the artistry of the Ripon Model Railroad Club, featuring intricate dioramas and stunning layouts. Join the open house ...

This story originally was published Dec. 7, 2017. It has been updated with information about the train expansion and a new covered bridge. As the engineer of Frysville Farms’ trains, Vincent Fry plans ...

A cross between a 1970s filmmaker's special effects studio and your weird uncle's garage, NorthlandZ contains an entire miniature city built around model train infrastructure in Flemington, New Jersey ...

Volunteers with the Orange County Model Engineers on Saturday, June 26, began work to rebuild the Hank Hornsveld trestle bridge at the club’s model train tracks in Costa Mesa. The old overpass, which ...

When Michelle Christensen’s kids were growing up, nearly all their early birthdays were spent riding on the scale model trains at the Mackerel Flats and Goat Hill Junction Railroad in Costa Mesa’s ...

The Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club has spent decades building immersive miniature re-creations of Oregon landscapes.