There are lots of smart home systems that will let you blast your older dumb appliances with infrared to control them. However, many are tied to ugly cloud systems that can frustrate you on a regular ...

The TCRT5000 sensor is an infrared reflective sensor. This library is written to use with a TCRT5000 breakout's analog output and handle a threshold in software. These breakouts have typical two ...

Amtrak is rolling out a new fleet of passenger trains this summer, replacing rail cars that in some cases have been in service for nearly 50 years. The new trains, known as Airo, are part of an $8 ...

At 91 years young, Al Boos may be the oldest kid in the San Antonio area who still plays with model trains. Not toy trains, mind you. These are exacting replicas of the real thing. Hyper-detailed, ...

Model railroaders convene each year to celebrate their hobby. But this year they're wondering about the impact of tariffs on the foreign companies that make a lot of the products they collect. The ...

I'm trying to get block detection working on my HO scale model railroad. I found this page and liked the idea of using current transformers to detect the Digital Command Control signal inducing ...

OK. A bit more reading and head scratching.... let's see if I have this right. Resistor values chosen for 0.5mA current flow. DCCOD > Arduino one. Tie the 12VDC and 5VDC power supply grounds together, ...

There are hundreds of feet of model train tracks running through the southern Minnesota town of St. James, and the city's model railroad club keeps chugging along. St. James is a smaller town with a ...

GOSHEN — Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a treasured birthday present. As the years went on, most of those ...

Pieces of the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s 4,000-square-foot model train layout are ready to be taken away by volunteers working with the National Model Railroad Association’s northeast region ...

From tiny trains to big history- one model railroad museum in our area is helping visitors discover a new hobby, while also learning about the region's past. 69 News Reporter Sydney Kay visits the ...