The point is this — bridges are cool. So too are bridges on model railroad layouts. This intersection of bridges on the HO scale Milwaukee, Racine and Troy layout was a favorite for operators and ...

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.

(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.