EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

Jeff Springer plays with model trains all day. And he gets paid for it. Mr. Springer is one of fewer than 20 people in the United States whose full-time occupation is building model train layouts.

The beloved model-train layouts in the basement of Union Station have reached the end of the line. Back when two developers were competing for the contract to redevelop the facility, both promised ...

CROCKETT — Extensive model railroad layouts will be operating and on display to the public during the fourth annual Crockett Railroad Days fom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Two model train clubs ...

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The Great Falls Model Railroad Club showed off its miniature locomotives with pride at is annual "ExTRAINaganza" this weekend ...

A model crafted by a 92-year-old man to mark the 200th anniversary of a rail line is the "star of the show" at a model rail exhibition being held this weekend, organisers said.

If you walk into James A. Deignan's cellar and expect to see a Lionel train tooting around a tiny track, you may be in for a surprise. What is there is a massive multitrack system with many trains, ...

Train Days, an annual event featuring model trains, will be held April 7-15 at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands and at the Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley. At the Redlands museum, ...

"The Holiday Train Show" at the New York Botanical Garden, designed by Applied Imagination, adds the Whitney Museum to its ...

There's a certain fun that comes from building train sets. It's the serene joy that comes from connecting train tracks and piecing together a perfect path for a train to make its way from Point A to B ...