Outside the hangar, the morning sun bounced off polished chrome as families wandered between rows of gleaming classic cars. Inside, the air buzzed with excitement, the low hum of model train engines, ...

Why spikes matter: Sudden voltage surges from derailments or shorts can fry sensitive circuit boards in modern locomotives. Protection options: TVS diodes and surge protectors on each transformer ...

Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on by the Amherst Railway Society. Big trains, little trains, diesel, freight ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes, the things that first moved us when we were children can live in our hearts the rest of our lives. When I was a very little boy, my Nana used to hold me by the hand and walk me a few blocks ...

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 ...