Eddie Degan’s fascination with toy trains started when he was a kid playing with wooden Lionel sets. Though he first gave up ...

Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich ...

REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SHOW US HOW THAT TRADITION CONTINUES TO GROW. ALL ABOARD. >> FRANK WICHMANN’S LOVE FOR MODEL TRAINS STARTED WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST TRAIN SET FOR CHRISTMAS. HE WAS ...

For more than a decade, Rob Caves has invited the public to his Altadena backyard to experience an ever-growing model train universe built by him and his fellow hobbyists in the Christmas Tree Lane ...

It was the most unlikely of detours. Wisconsin residents Paul Olson and Samantha May made a beeline to Powell Wednesday on their way to visiting family in the mid-state area. Their destination: Dan’s ...

ROCKLEDGE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "Well, a model railroad is never finished," said Andrew Koniers, recalling a famous phrase from the 1930s. Koniers grew up with a passion for trains and carried into ...

As my colleagues Joann Muller, Zack O’Malley Greenburg and Christopher Helman reported earlier this year, the United States is heading towards its second railroad boom here at the beginning of the ...

NORTH EAST, Md. (AP) -- The mere sight of a model-train display can overwhelm people. Just ask George Boatwright, who has co-owned Mile Post 114 model train supply shop in North East with his wife, ...

When it comes to model railroads, 7-year-old Stamford resident Devan McClean isn't picky. "I like everything," Devan said at Sunday's Westchester Model Railroad Club Fall Train Meet at the Eastern ...

GRAND MEADOW — Wheels chug into motion. Steam pumps through model cylinders. A “piercing” bell switches tracks to “whistle talk.” It’s Wednesday morning train time with the Rail Runners Model Railroad ...