Explore an impressive private HO scale model railroad built by Pete Walton. The layout features detailed scenery, realistic operations, and carefully crafted miniature trains that showcase the ...

Point-to-point layouts replicate realistic railroad operations, focusing on the journey of moving a train from an origin to a ...

At 91 years young, Al Boos may be the oldest kid in the San Antonio area who still plays with model trains. Not toy trains, mind you. These are exacting replicas of the real thing. Hyper-detailed, ...

S-scale modeler Larry Robertson chats with a visitor as his freight train pauses on the tracks. Note the trailer-on-flatcar loads, an activity of progressive railroads starting in the 1950s. Photos: ...

Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich history of model railroading in the park. That history began in 1935, when a ...