Trains may be a traditional toy for a little boy but there are plenty of grown-ups who retain their passion for model railways. Archie Brown's model railway layout took two years to plan and six ...

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 man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for a deliberate fire that destroyed a model railway tourist attraction in West Lothian. Daniel Rodger, 33, admitted starting the blaze inside an old ...

V olunteers who care for a 40ft-long (12.2m) model railway have said they are devastated and bewildered at plans to close the attraction. The David Clarke Model Railway - a replica of the signalling ...

A model railway exhibition which claims to be the largest independent exhibition of its kind in the country returns to Staffordshire this weekend. More than 55 layouts will feature and more than 80 ...

A model railway builder left customers at a "high risk" of electric shocks by selling unsafe items. Colin Harding, a model railway layout builder, also took £15,000 from customers as part of a ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The name C.J. Freezer is to model railway enthusiasts what P.D. James is to lovers of crime novels. Freezer, ...

Model railway enthusiasts are invited to view 16 layouts at the Cleckheaton Model Railway Exhibition tomorrow and Sunday. The event, staged by Bradford Model Railway Club, is at Whitcliffe Mount ...

The passenger train pulls away from the station, picking up speed as it passes a busy bowling green and people relaxing on deckchairs. A short distance away, a man stands on a bridge watching a ...

Building model railways is among the most time consuming of hobbies. This weekend masters of miniature descended on Ipswich to show off their skill and patience at Queensland's largest model railway ...

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 ...