Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

When members of the Four County Society of Model Engineers decided to enter their modular train layout in the largest train show in North America, they expected to have fun. They did not expect to ...

Concealed in the basement of a downtown Wauconda coffee shop is something that would amaze any child, or adult for that matter — a complete landscaped small-gauge train layout, with familiar sites and ...