Building an elaborate model railroad looks like a legitimately relaxing and rewarding hobby, but if you don’t have an entire basement to dedicate to a sprawling countryside layout, take ...

Modeling a railroad is hard. Railroads are large, linear pieces of civil engineering. So many modelers are drawn to the smallest scale they can use. Recently a new scale, named T, at 1:450 has been… ...

Sullivan grew up with Lionel and then HO trains and still has a collection of the smaller-scale trains but no layout at home. "I don’t do much here except run trains," he said.