Read about some notable model train products from the 1960s taken from the pages of Model Railroader magazine.

Consider the prices of model trains today. Depending on the scale, level of detail, and features, a ready-to-run freight car ...

Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains and the consummate cheerleader for Lionel trains of the postwar era, was recently asked about his top locomotive. He’s owned several great ...

This model of a West Virginia Pulp & Paper Shay steam locomotive will be running on the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale modular layout at the group’s 29th Annual Fall Train Show ...

Locomotive 1077 is a steam locomotive built in 1923, and now lives at Fort Steele National Historic Site. The Steam train operated in the logging industry until it was retired in 1960, as Canada's ...

A CT scanner at Wolfson Multiphase Flow Laboratory in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds was used to reveal the intricate inner workings of the model steam locomotive for ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

"A lot of aspects of the zoo were built around the train. Which is something a lot of people don’t know. I think it’s very cool." The original two locomotives at the zoo included one steam ...

When 7802 is fully serviceable, the locomotive will take up residence on the Severn Valley Railway to become their roving ambassador at the SVR. Meanwhile, 7812 will return to the West Somerset ...

Tauranga Model Marine and Engineering Club’s Annual Open Weekend will have model steam engines and locomotives on show and ...

Imagine a place where the clickety-clack of train wheels meets the laughter of children, and suddenly you’re transported to a world of miniature locomotives and oversized fun. Welcome to ...

Leeds Industrial Museum’s miniature recreation of a pioneering early steam locomotive ... the railway industry. It is hoped the images can now illustrate to museum visitors how the model worked ...