Concealed in the basement of a downtown Wauconda coffee shop is something that would amaze any child, or adult for that matter — a complete landscaped small-gauge train layout, with familiar sites and ...

For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...

Tucked between a residential neighborhood and a school athletic field in Malden is a large, red brick building that looks a little like an old train depot. That’s fitting. Four words in large ...

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Young train enthusiasts had a chance to become railroad conductors last weekend during the Historic Pullman Foundation Model Train Experience. But the youngsters weren’t the only ones enthralled by ...

Taunton's Mass Model Railroad Club will be for all ages passionate about model trains, but the owner wants it to become an ...

PLAINS, Pa. — Depending on your point of view, model railroad scenery can easily make you feel like you're somewhere you've seen before. "A danger sign on the fence is sort of like, 'What's the point ...

Locomotive enthusiasts returned to the annual springtime Rails Along the Mohawk model train show in Amsterdam on Sunday. Attendees shopped for model trains, train sets, parts and accessories to build ...

EATONTOWN - Growing up in Long Branch and the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, Remsen “Rem” Hunnewell collected toy trains and loved operating them on the tracks he designed. And now he helps ...

The call of the railroad hits some people hard, harkening back to a time when trains were the veins and arteries of the land, with large steam engines pulling railroad cars, moving people and freight ...

BOISE, Idaho — Chugging through Idaho’s history, model railroad clubs in the Treasure Valley serve as places of community. The smaller-than-life trains at the Old Boise Model Railroad Club and ...