Butler Eagle

Model train advancements speed toward authenticity at Gibsonia museum

Even 87 years after it was founded, the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum and its members are still finding ways to ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing

Chug on over to the annual Model Railroad open house this weekend

You may say “gobble-gobble” or “ho ho ho,” but railroad fans know it’s “choo-choo.” And that sound will be on display for the ...
Los Angeles Times

Orange County Model Engineers unveil new locomotive to keep the trains a rollin’ in Fairview Park

A shiny new locomotive is now riding the rails in Fairview Park. Members of the Orange County Model Engineers officially unveiled the orange-striped locomotive 819 — named for the date it was acquired ...
Inside Edition

Model Train Enthusiast Has Ashes Placed in Miniature Railway Car After Death

Ashes of a model railway enthusiast were placed inside a model coal car as a unique way of honoring a man who dedicated his life to miniature railroads. Peter Hurst, of Leeds, England, spent 40 years ...
BBC

Model railway engineers celebrate 70th anniversary

The City of Oxford Society of Model Engineers is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The society was formed in December 1955 as the Witney and West Oxfordshire Society of Model Engineers. The ...
Los Angeles Times

O.C. Model Engineers steamed over acts of vandalism at train depot in Fairview Park

Orange County Model Engineers — who offer free mini-train rides to the public at Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park — arrived at the depot Wednesday morning to find vandals had stormed the station and a ...