KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Airport Model Train Show will be held at the Hilton Knoxville Airport Hotel in the Grand Ballroom on Saturday, July 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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 ...

But children had special reason to love trains. “Trains brought everything from visiting relatives to all the goods in town,” says Tony Cook, editor of Model Railroad News.

Friar Mountain Model Railroad Museum in Sparta is closing at the end of July and its contents will be sold to the public, its co-owner, Wendy Molinari, recently told NJ Advance Media.