Robert Jacobsen wrote a nice piece of software for everyone with a Lionel set in their garage and released it under an open-source license. Fine and dandy. But after a company jacked his code and ...

The Humboldt Bay and Eureka Model Railroad Club will hold its annual “Spring Open House” April 27 and 28 from noon to 5 p.m. each day at its clubhouse, corner of Seventh and A streets in Eureka. There ...

Nobody looks bored at a model train show. Some people stare intently at crisscrossing objects in motion. Others build or fix things with the analytical skills of an engineer. Still others explain the ...

The pandemic has helped Märklin, a 162-year-old company that makes model trains, discover a new audience. Märklin, the 162-year-old German maker of model trains, produces nearly all of its components ...