HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity of model trains with the rise of a convenient, tabletop scale like HO.

BRANDON, Wis. (WBAY) - Watching trains go by as a young boy inspired a life-long hobby for a Fond du Lac County man. Later in life, he spent nearly four decades creating a massive model train layout.

it’s great escape from the world. >> the 14 by 20 ho scale layout covers his entire basement, almost 400 feet of track, 61 locomotives. 165 structures. MORE THAN 700 INDIVIDUAL FIGURES.

A model train passes by a Hudson and Delaware train on an HO scale model train layout during an annual Holiday Train Show and open house by Model Railroad Club Inc. in Union on Saturday, December ...

James Smith, 7, (middle) shows excitement as trains move on the HO-scale model railway layout built by the Brandon Hills Model Railway Club in five years at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan ...

In the August 2025 issue of Model ... Kear's HO scale Buffalo & Susquehanna to Wellsville, Addison & Galeton. The 12 x 32-foot multi-deck walk-in layout features a logging line circa 1910 and the ...

The most popular scale in America is "HO," sometimes rendered as "H0," or 1:87, meaning the layout and rolling stock are reduced from 1 foot in life to 3.5 mm in model format.

Fairgrounds map. This year's railroad layout includes N scale, HO scale, narrow gauge HO, G scale, and even Lego-based layouts. You can also check out instructional and informational clinics ...

Seashore Trolley Museum’s new Maine Central Model Railroad building is now open year-round. The exhibit is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this winter and spring. The ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...