Small O and S gauge layouts are how the hobby began. To demonstrate the wonders of layouts designed to fit into small spaces, let’s travel back to when most current enthusiasts were youngsters. This ...

The first models MTH produced of these have been some of the best. Some enthusiasts groused they were too short or too small but they were well painted, terrific runners, and perfect for an O-27 ...

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest ...

Groups of adults would operate HO (one half scale of O gauge) railroad layouts. Each operator would have a pre-determined task, such as moving a train’s cargo from point A to point B.