Companies eventually adopted standards. Model trains are measured using: Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on ...

This is said to be the country's largest operating O scale train model railroad. This place has more than three dozen model trains, many of which are running simultaneously. Here's a look inside ...

This train show exhibit features fun operating model layouts to see, including N, O, HO, On30, and G-gauge ... O-Gauge is a popular model train scale. Multiple trains take you on a journey through ...

He led the way to a locked glass case where the most valuable model trains are displayed, exquisitely molded out of brass. "Look at that beautiful detail," he said, pointing to a scale model of a ...

Chris Thorpe wants to create a replica of trains ... micro scale," says Thorpe, "Tens or hundreds of things rather than thousands. This makes it perfect for niche things like my hobby, model ...

quite a few miles less than the 120 + miles covered by its full-scale counterpart. With this in mind, after seeing some ...

At these shows, one encounters scale-specific vendors, pop-up hobby shops and toy shops as well as booths that sell books and magazines and model trains. "Most people operate a small home layout ...

which maintains this 5,000-square-foot HO scale model railroad. Open to the public twice a year, it features Sierra Pacific Line trains traversing bridges, tunnels and trestles, literally running ...

Volunteer Mackenzie Morrison is currently working on a model of the old Back Bay station. "I also went to school for architecture, so I'm interested in building scale models," she told WBZ-TV.