Tony Koester, author of the popular Trains of Thought column in Model Railroader magazine and editor of MR’s annual publication Model Railroad Planning, was one of four recipients of the 2025 ...

Pros and cons of L gauge railroading In all respects, the principal advantage of L gauge over more traditional scales is its modularity. That is to say, once a model is built, its configuration is ...

I was probably 7 or 8 when I got my American Flyer set while some friends got Lionel trains. My dad constructed a table for my layout on a green canvas-covered 4-by-8-foot piece of plywood replete ...