Did you know Milwaukee is the birthplace of model railroading and continues to dominate in the hobby today? It's true, thanks to W. Walthers, Inc., a family-owned local business that was started in ...

This September, Stacey Walthers Naffah will become the fourth President - and the first female president - of Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., an 86-year-old model railroad company based in Milwaukee. (Cue ...

Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., was founded in Milwaukee in 1932 — but it really started on Christmas Day in 1899 when seven-year-old Bill Walthers found his first wind-up toy train waiting under the tree!