Paul Harbord, member, fixes a derailment on an O scale model train layout during an annual Holiday Model Railroad Exhibit by New York Society of Model Engineers in Carlstadt on December 3, 2022.

Joe Puet is just as excited about model trains now as he was as a little boy. On Sunday, he enthusiastically showed his 1-year-old grandson Daniel Kline an O Scale model train display that had ...

Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on the model equals 48 inches on a real train.

GGLRC members run the larger O scale model trains. Twice as big as the more popular HO scale trains, O scale trains are one-forty-eighth the size of a real freight train -- HO scale trains are ...

On their way to the North Pole, Lionel trains travel along a 34-foot-long, two-level, “O” gauge model train layout from the city and through the suburbs and countryside, passing replicas of ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The magic of the O’Gauge model railroad has returned to Sulphur for another year. The Southwest Louisiana O’Gauge Model Railroad Club is running its train layout at the ...

GGLRC members run the larger O scale model trains. Twice as big as the more popular HO scale trains, O scale trains are one-forty-eighth the size of a real freight train -- HO scale trains are ...

As a member of the Southwest Louisiana O-Gauge Model Railroad Club, Stutes spends a lot of time underneath this layout, connecting the wiring and switches that keep the trains moving.

Richard Dobler is a railroad baron in the manner of Henry Flagler, though on a less ostentatious scale. Adjacent to his home between Lake Wales and Dundee lies an 18-acre model train domain that ...

Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with a ratio of 1:48. However, in the early 20th century, a growing demand for more compact model 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.