When was the last time you added a new locomotive or rolling stock to your model train collection? If it’s been a while, birthdays have come and gone, or you can’t wait for the holidays, we feel you! Thankfully, there’s never a shortage of incredible products available here at Model Train Stuff. Best of all, …
The Best Electric Train Sets for Model Railroaders
While electric train sets are a great way to get started with a model railroading hobby, they’re sometimes the only way to get specific locomotives and rolling stock into your collection. Given that you often get track and other components in the box when you buy a train set, such a purchase is a great …
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Top 5 Model Train Buildings and Structures to Include in Your Layout
Many elements combine to bring our model train layouts to life. There are hours of fun to be had while building our own model train structures in our chosen scale, whether building from scratch or buying ready-built products. The beauty of choosing model train structures and buildings is the sheer variety of what you’ll find, …
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Upcoming Model Train Shows and What to Expect
Alongside new product launches, model train shows are one of the year’s top highlights for us model railroaders! Whether you discovered a love for model train railroading during the pandemic, or are a long-time railroader who’s never been to a show, there are many opportunities to get to one during summer. Yet, rocking up at …
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Building a Model Train Layout with MTH Trains
One of the great things about being a model railroader is the sheer range of products that are available to us. But, the most exciting thing about the current era of model railroading is that it’s never been easier to combine different brands and products to create a truly unique layout. That being said, we …
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Honoring Canadian Railroads
Canadian Railroads have always attracted special interest due in part to their expansiveness and diversity of routes and services within. Commanding scenery and scores of specialized and well-maintained locomotives and cars brought color, drama and financial success to that great stage of transportation. The first railway in Canada was the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad. It …
Mission of Models: Part One
Many faithful to the hobby of model railroading trace its origin to the early toy train market that originated in England and Germany in the 1870s but later took hold in the US in the 1890s. That movement certainly influenced the popular market we know today but that is only part of the story. Miniature …
7 New Arrivals from Bachmann Trains
Bachmann Trains is one of our most popular model train brands here at Model Train Stuff, and with good reason! As well as always providing us model railroaders with an array of exciting new train products, Bachmann Trains is one of the best railroading brands for finding products across various scale models. Bachmann actually produces …
Air Conditioning Saves Passenger Travel
Rail romantics fondly recall the aura of the traditional passenger train, fielded by private railroads and indeed, the once-named “Grand Conveyance” left an indelible mark on the history of transportation. Most of those recollections center on the luxury trains and lavish Pullman cars that were once so much of our Nation and culture. They were …
Cleaning Your N Scale Train
While running our trains is what we want to spend most of our time doing, the reality is that our model railroads need a significant amount of TLC, too. When it comes to N scale trains and accessories, their smaller size in relation to most other widely available scale models can make them a little …