Certain hobbies come in clusters. It isn’t uncommon to see, for example, ham radio operators that are private pilots. Programmers who are musicians. Electronics people who build model trains. This ...

Robert Jacobsen wrote a nice piece of software for everyone with a Lionel set in their garage and released it under an open-source license. Fine and dandy. But after a company jacked his code and ...

PALMETTO -- Steven Haber got into model railroading in an unusual manner. Upon his retirement, his wife gave him an ultimatum. "She kicked me out of the house and said don't come back until you've got ...

The biggest model railroad club in the Northwest has hand-built everything from Union Station to Multnomah Falls in meticulous detail — with the occasional whimsical flourish (we see you, Bigfoot).

The Painesville Railroad Museum will welcome model train enthusiasts and accept a new historical artifact during its annual Model Train Days event on May 20. This year’s Model Train Days will feature ...