From the choo-choo that goes around the Christmas tree to fanciful displays and seasonal train rides like The Polar Express, trains have long been associated with the holidays. For the ultimate ...

Full disclosure: When I’m not dealing with full-size railroad rolling stock, I operate (don’t say “play with,” please) model trains. I have a fully operational O scale railway, and a collection of HO ...

Markus Maas was just a child when he built his first model train layout, trying to cram his HO-gauge set into a small, already crowded Swiss apartment. But in the years that followed, he abandoned his ...

Which is probably why it is expected to fetch as much as £80,000 at auction. The immaculate model is the star attraction in a sale of high-value replica trains. It is a model of the King Richard I, a ...

16:59, Mon, Mar 11, 2024 Updated: 21:51, Mon, Mar 11, 2024 Concerns were raised recently about an apparent lack of interest in model railways in the younger generations, leading to a lack of staffing ...

Two rare model locomotives sparked a bidding war at a Leicestershire-based auction. The locos, which are said to be made by the “unrivalled” master of the craft, sold for the price of a second-hand ...

On a wet and windy Saturday in October a few regulars of the Ian Allan Book and Model Shop gathered inside the premises for the last time. The shop – on Lower Marsh, behind Waterloo Station – would ...

"When I snuff? The layout will be sold, then someone will buy the house and find an interesting backdrop in the shed," says Murray Campbell. Photo: Braden Fastier / Not-For-Syndication The trains ...

A group of model railway enthusiasts have said they are hoping to inspire a new generation of creatives after the seasonal reopening of an attraction in Cornwall. The Mount Edgcumbe Railway and Model ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Everyone has a hobby, but it certainly wasn’t on our bingo card ...

The annual Model Railway Weekend returned to The Engine House in Highley on Saturday and Sunday. Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Shropshire Star’s free newsletter ...

A lack of young people owning model trains has been blamed for the closure of a popular exhibition and a major retailer. Organisers of the annual Warley National Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham ...