News & Products for the week of April 27th 2026 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading ...

Model Railroader staff completed three custom bridges for the HO scale East Troy Industrial Park layout, combining kit-built and kitbashed designs to fit complex track and scenery needs. Using ...

Disappointment of last model’s release more than a year ago led to expensive overhaul of the company’s AI operations Meghan Bobrowsky ...

Disney has announced Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will reopen at Magic Kingdom on May 3, 2026 with new track, refreshed trains, and a lowered height requirement. The height requirement will drop to ...

Muse Spark is Meta's first AI model in a year Company is trying to re-join the frontier AI race after its Llama 4 model disappointed Independent tests show Muse Spark matches rivals in some areas, ...

Meta debuted its first major AI model, Muse Spark, spearheaded by chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, who joined nine months ago and leads Meta Superintelligence Labs. The company is desperate to regain ...

The model, Muse Spark, performed better than Meta’s previous A.I. models but lags rivals on coding ability. By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco Meta on Wednesday unveiled a new flagship artificial ...

It's hard to exaggerate the role of the train in the American story or the romance of train travel, those iron horses galloping down tracks of steel. Why, then, has high-speed rail — so common in ...

Logging railroads — with their unorthodox infrastructure and equipment — have always fascinated enthusiasts, especially as they navigated the rough terrain of North America to haul timber. This ...

Tesla is ending production of its Model S and Model X electric vehicles. CEO Elon Musk announced the company will shift focus to building robots and autonomous vehicles. Customers can still purchase ...

A dispute over a building use agreement at the Cross Orchards Historic Site has pushed out a model railroad club that’s called the property home for decades. The specific reason for the departure ...