As the locomotive rolled past a gritty urban scene, engineer Lavon Stauffer smiled. “Now watch this,” he said. He increased the throttle, blew the airhorn and rang the locomotive’s bell ... all from ...

Union Station hosted the 36th annual Hostler Model Railroad Festival, featuring operating train models, contests and vendors.

If you've followed Model Railroader's Facebook page, you'll probably know that periodically over the past several years, I've made posts called "Lunchtime Reading," which are simply my musings on ...