HO scale’s popularity has endured for nearly 100 years despite many other scales and formats. HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the ...

Atlas Model Railroad Co., ScaleTrains, and Accurail are three manufacturers that produce factory-decorated HO scale freight car kits. Model Railroader senior editor Cody Grivno looks at current and ...

Herb Ford is pictured during a recent club meeting. (Photos by Marilyn Horne) A group of dedicated model railroad enthusiasts known as ECHOES (an acronym for East Coast HO Exhibitor’s Society) builds, ...

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.