Not all of us have the deep pockets required to build a large, elaborate model railroad. And that’s perfectly fine, as even ...

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 ...

SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...

Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell, ...

The club showcased two intricate model train layouts: a smaller N-scale set and a larger HO-scale set, delighting visitors of all ages with detailed craftsmanship and realistic settings. Club member ...

In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

Visitors to the Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth can experience a miniature journey through Europe when the Great Lakes ...

Model train enthusiasts are making their way to ETSU’s Ballad Health Athletic Center, formerly known as the ETSU Mini-Dome, ...

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...

It’s the time of year for gift giving (and gift getting). For some of us, Christmas recalls a time when a tiny electric train ran around the tree on a bumpy carpet, never quite as beautiful as it was ...