A train approaches the Lehighton Station on the new upper level of the West Island Model Railroad Club. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas The club has more than 65 members and welcomes new ones.

Although model train kits can still be purchased, most club members buy their locomotives, cars, track and other accessories already assembled from various model companies or through websites like ...

Using laser scanners, they can accurately document real-life locomotives and rail cars. Using CAD software and 3-D printers they can print the parts as kits at a variety of scales.

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A model railroad junkie, Ron Rosenberg is always hoping to track down the "holy grail of trains." "When I see it, it'll know me!" said the Harrison, N.Y., resident. Rosenberg might have some luck ...

Howard Zane has been working on the railroad for thirty years--building a massive model train set complete with 150 locomotives, thousands of feet of track and more than 6,000 figures.

The gauge of an O scale train is 1.25 inches or 1¼ inches. The most popular train sizes are O scale and HO scale – HO stands for “half-O”. Lionel specializes in O scale trains.

On Tuesday, at 11 a.m., Bricks & Minifigs, a Lego-themed store in Portland, put limited-edition TriMet MAX Light Rail Train kits up for sale. They were sold out by 11:02 a.m.

A display set up at the Sanford Centennial Museum for Model Train Day in 2016. The event returns this year from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 at the museum, 2222 Smith St. in Sanford.

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