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 ...

The Ligonier Valley Rail Road is rolling over the track once more — in railroad historian and hobbyist Bob Stutzman’s Latrobe basement. The original railroad operated from 1877 to 1952, hauling ...

There’s nothing quite like that feeling of running a “first train” on a new model railroad. Although the scenery is still ...

MANSFIELD, Texas -- A train and three rail cars sit in the tiny shadow of a water tower in Don Hughes' workshop, causing him to smile. "That was the train that started it all," he said, "the train on ...

A hiss of steam, then a loud whistle blast, shatters the calm as the locomotive prepares to depart from the station. A set of orders from the dispatcher is given to the engineer and the last of the ...

It looked like it could have been a page out the history book for the old Union Station in 1980. Inside, onlookers young and ...

Before The Texas Chainsaw Massacre... there was Ed.

Model railroad enthusiasts in Reno, Sparks, Carson City can take a walk into history Nov. 6-8 for the annual Northern Nevada Model Railroad Layout Tour. November is National Railroad Month and members ...

The National Model Railroad Association’s Rocky Mountain Division is the annual Rails Along the Rio Grande train show. The ...

Starting at Union Station in Los Angeles, it takes about 20 to 25 minutes to reach the end of the line at the Bakersfield rail yards. “Close to an hour round trip,” Paul Koehler said. “That’s assuming ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...