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By Adam McLean Updated May 20 2025 - 8:37am, first published May 19 2025 - 2:45pm The trains, planes and tiny towns on show at Berkeley's miniature model show ...

Rapido Trains UK has moved into the narrow gauge market with a new 009 range, which it is calling Rapido Narrow Lines. The first models in the new 009 scale range are Kerr, Stuart & Co. Sirdar Class 0 ...

L.T. Gotchy’s photo of the “Great Model T and Locomotive Race,” dated Aug. 24, 1947, shows the contestants poised for the drop of the flag.

The Northeast Large Scale Train Show continues on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. Admission is $12 for adults and free for children age 15 and under.

Shane Wilson, president of Cleveland-based Scale Trains, is questioning how he will remain in business after a massive tariff hike was levied on his model train products that are designed and ...

A decade-on-decade comparison highlights the scale of progress. Between 2014 and 2024, Indian Railways laid 31,000 km of new tracks compared to just 14,900 km in the preceding decade (2004-2014).

I’m building a railroad in our yard. It’s not full size, mind you, although I also have a section of real 4-foot-8.5-inch gauge track that I constructed after discovering to my tremendous ...

Elon Musk has said Grok would favor truth over "political correctness." Internal documents reveal how the company is working toward Musk's goal.

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity of model trains with the rise of a convenient, tabletop scale like HO.

The history of the development of statistical hypothesis testing in time series analysis is reviewed briefly and it is pointed out that the hypothesis testing procedure is not adequately defined as ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic toy trains continue to captivate kids and ...