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 ...

When you enter the Ocala Model Railroaders Historic Preservation Society headquarters, you may think you hear the conductor's cry to board an early steam or modern diesel electric locomotive driven ...

TULSA, OK -- Model railroading is a year-round hobby, but it takes on a special significance at Christmas time. Hugh Keen of Tulsa is a retired mechanical engineer. Now he's the engineer on his own ...

ALGER, Wash. — In an old schoolhouse off Old Highway 99, about 30 people meet weekly to share their passion: model trains. The Whatcom Skagit Model Railroad Club acquired the building in 2004 and has ...

When children first walk up to the model railroad exhibit at the Washington County Museum they might be holding their parent's hand, maybe bouncing around a bit in the new environment. Then a funny ...

>> TRAINS ARE ON THE TRACKS. MODEL TRAINS. >> IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BUILD A WORLD OF THEIR IMAGINATION. >> THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR THE RI SINCE 1913. THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET FOR 25 YEARS NOW.

EATONTOWN - Growing up in Long Branch and the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, Remsen “Rem” Hunnewell collected toy trains and loved operating them on the tracks he designed. And now he helps ...