Q: I’m interested in John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid and want a lot of info, such as a locomotive roster and surviving locomotives. A lot of forums from 10 years ago are available, but all of the photo ...

They might be outdated, but their mechanism is still mesmerizing, and there’s something nostalgic about watching and hearing a steam locomotive. It’s not something an electric motor can give you, ever ...

When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains," the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist at the ...

From driving steam locomotives to handcrafting intricate models, a retired railway worker shares seven decades of passion ...

Any big passenger or freight train engine is a marvel, a creature of metal, capable of pulling tremendous weight and traveling untired for miles. But there’s something dreamy about a steam locomotive, ...

After 12 years building his 5in gauge locomotive from scratch, Mike Stevens is reluctantly putting it up for sale ...

Neusol 'Soon' Klee has spent decades building model locomotives – a passion that will soon see him featured on national TV.

At Maker Faire this weekend. tucked in between a building full of homegrown foodstuffs and a rock polishing booth is the Bay Area Garden Railway Society (BAGRS). They’re running a few live steam ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

A model train display that fills a Palos Park basement was the subject of a recent McCord Gallery and Cultural Center ...

News & Products for the week of August 31st 2026 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading ...