Q: I’m researching methods to power turnout frogs on my N scale layout. I’m using Atlas code 55 flextrack and Digital Command Control. The majority of turnouts will have manual throws.

Dirt and N scale layouts: A locomotive model won’t run if current doesn’t pass from the rails to the pickup wheels. “Duh,” you may say, but that fact isn’t necessarily obvious ...

If you can’t wait to get a train driver’s view of your N-scale layout, then you’ll be happy to know that STL files and detailed build instructions are available on the project’s Hackaday ...

The Great Lakes Chapter of European Train Enthusiasts will be showing off their H0 gauge model train layout. On Friday, June 9 through Sunday, June 11, the layout will be at Fischer Hall.

If you’ve always dreamt of building a miniature model railway but don’t quite have the space for one, Peter Waldraff came up with a solution by building a complete four-season N-scale layout ...

"It has everything you can imagine for model railroad," said National Train Show Manager Bill Grove. "Every different size, scale. The N-track group has a 140 foot by 100 foot N Scale layout back ...

The sensor was small enough for an N-gauge train, which translates to 1:148 scale or about 9mm from rail to rail. His idea was to build a tiny control board that could fit inside the locomotive ...

NEEDHAM, Mass. — 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 ...

His largest layout, about 30 inches in diameter, is a complete mountain scene with buildings, bridges, tunnels and track for his Z gauge models. Until 2009, Z gauge trains were considered the ...

Society members recently displayed two highly detailed scale model train layouts at the National Model Railroad Association Convention held Aug. 5-12 in Kansas City, Missouri.

John: The N scale layout is a three main-line layout that’s 12-by-48 feet. There’s 350 feet of track with 48 switches. It operates on four transformers and can run up to four trains.

Mills Pond House, 660 Rte. 25A, St. James, 631-862-6575 and 516-263-9607, stacarts.org. O-gauge model train layout is the result of 35 years of continuing improvements. Fee $2, 50 cents for children.