Railroader’s modding scene lets players craft custom locomotives, rolling stock, routes, and scenery with remarkable detail. Using modeling tools, in-game utilities, and community resources, creators ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

His third wife, a professor of family studies, seems to understand. His hours in the basement don't threaten her. Howard Zane, 65, decided when he sold his industrial design company nearly 20 years ...