Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model trains ...

From left, team members Gale Treiber, Rich Feller and Paul Cieurzo are in the midst of building a new HO scale model railroad layout for the upcoming show. Wilford Kale/freelance “Our mountain ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...

(Abiola Odutola/The Brandon Sun) “The N-scale model has a ratio of 1:160, making it smaller, while the HO scale is 1:87, which is the most common scale in the world,” Stumme said on Saturday.