HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity of model trains with the rise of a convenient, tabletop scale like HO.

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 he — ...

Sun City resident George Rumpp and his neighbor Terry Whalen are working to bring model train aficionados together in a community group called the G-Gauge Modelers. Though Sun City is already home to ...