In 1950, Walt Disney built the Carolwood Pacific Railroad at his Holmby Hills home, complete with a working steam locomotive, tunnel and trestle.

The Bekonscot Model Village in Beaconsfield emerged as a public attraction in the late 1920s, evolving from a private garden ...

Pop producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman has rejected claims model railways are dying out. His comments came after the cancellation of the UK's biggest model train show and the closure of one of ...

Concerns were raised recently about an apparent lack of interest in model railways in the younger generations, leading to a lack of staffing at key enthusiast events. Article continues below ...

Model railways have been around for a very long time, and enthusiasts will sometimes build huge layouts stretching across hundreds, even thousands of feet. If you don’t have the space or the money, ...

I have built three small layouts.Trains run on them. There are stations. There are mountains. There are even cows. I created ...

Since the number of models I have been collecting over the past few years has increased, I decided to organize them so I can ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have this theory that toys we loved as kids have a way of imprinting themselves on some of us, certainly on ...

A lack of young people interested in the hobby has been blamed for the closure of a popular exhibition and a major retailer. A lack of young people interested in model trains has been blamed for the ...

The annual Model Railway Weekend returned to The Engine House in Highley on Saturday and Sunday. Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Shropshire Star’s free newsletter ...