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The Rise of HO Scale Model Trains

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity ...
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Atlas Classic HO scale EMD GP7

Price: Direct-current model, $184.95; with ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $294.95 Era: 1949 to 1980s (varies based on paint ...
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ScaleTrains HO EMD GP39E review

The ScaleTrains HO EMD GP39E, part of the manufacturer’s Rivet Counter line, is based on a rebuilt GP30 operated by the ...
SFGate

Hayward: Model railroads serve as a tonic for stress / When job stress gets too great, hobbyists find it's easy to get back on track with model railroads

Invariably, playing with toy trains, like collecting dolls or miniature cars, is something you're expected to grow out of -- just don't try telling that to Gerald McClellan. Every morning over coffee ...
YDR

Central Pa. has one of the oldest model railroads in America

Being inside the Miniature Railroad Club of York will make you feel like a giant. The model railroad is in HO scale, meaning everything is about one 87th the size of the real world. As you watch the ...
The Gazette

Model Railroad Dreams grew from a childhood interest

In a room off the detached garage of a home in southeast Cedar Rapids, it's always the early 1950s in central Pennsylvania, in miniature. Steam locomotives haul coal from area mines to rail yards ...
OnMilwaukee

Walthers remains a giant in the world of model railroading

Did you know Milwaukee is the birthplace of model railroading and continues to dominate in the hobby today? It's true, thanks to W. Walthers, Inc., a family-owned local business that was started in ...
Connecticut Post

Model trains arrive at civic center

When it comes to model railroads, 7-year-old Stamford resident Devan McClean isn't picky. "I like everything," Devan said at Sunday's Westchester Model Railroad Club Fall Train Meet at the Eastern ...
Portland Press Herald

Model railroad museum is open year-round

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Seashore Trolley Museum’s new Maine Central Model Railroad building is now ...