Rapido N Budd Rail Diesel Car Scale: N (1:160) Price: Single car — Direct current, $149.95; with DCC and sound, $259.95. Santa Fe two-pack — direct current, $299.90; with DCC and sound, $519.90.

I've been fascinated by trains for as long as I can remember. Bought my first model railroad car, a little silver ore car in N scale, when I was about five. Got rid of the N scale stuff upon moving to ...

The call of the railroad hits some people hard, harkening back to a time when trains were the veins and arteries of the land, with large steam engines pulling railroad cars, moving people and freight ...

After a devastating wildfire and a move by its operators to sever ties, the historic Swanton Pacific Railroad in the Santa Cruz Mountains is finally steaming toward its new home — out of the Bay Area.