Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter Martínez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who ...

An N scale train is 1/160th the size of a life-sized train, and it runs along tracks set 9 millimeters apart. The larger HO scale about twice the size, at 1/87th actual size.

Bought my first model railroad car, a little silver ore car in N scale, when I was about five. Got rid of the N scale stuff upon moving to California a while back and joining an HO train club.

For those working in the N scale, there’s now an easy way of observing your project as the train driver would see it: [Vassily98] managed to squeeze a wireless camera into an N-scale railcar.

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(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.

While smaller, the N scale railroad cars, equipment and scenery allow more detail, club members said. But you don't need to know any of that to become a member or at least visit at Pensacola Model ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The 46th Annual Model Railroad Show at the Science Museum of Virginia presented by Dominion Energy is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The historic 1905 L&N Railroad Depot is at 219 N. First Ave. and will be open from noon until 5 p.m. The 1960 SCL Caboose located behind the depot will also be open during the same hours.