Welcome to Sinterklaas Station

Your Destination for HO Scale Model Railroading

Sinterklaas (pronounced sinter • "kloss" — sounds like "gloss") is a Dutch word for Santa Claus. If you repeat the Dutch word "Sinterklaas" three or four times in rapid succession, you can hear the English words "Santa Claus". Why would a model railroading website name itself after Santa Claus? Ask Engineer Bob to find the answer.

Are You New to Model Railroading?

Take the Sinterklaas Station model railroading workshop. It's FREE! Click on the main menu link above labeled Beginner's Guide to Model Railroading. Upon completion of the workshop, you receive a certificate that identifies you as a Model Railroading Engineer.

Visit the Sinterklaas Station Hobby Shop

Here is where you will find model railroading trains and accessories for young engineers from HO scale locomotives and rolling stock to railroad tracks and HO scale vehicles.

Visit the Sinterklaas Station Railroading Bookstore

Here is where you will find books about steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, railroad box cars, railroad cabooses. and even haunted cabooses, for all ages, including our flagship book titled
Mrs. Claus Reveals Santa's Secrets.

Visit the Sinterklaas Station Fun Library

Here is where you will find fun information about trains and railroading subjects like pictures of the Big Boy locomotive, the interiors of cabooses, and articles about the Golden Railroad Spike, and even ghost stories.