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 ...

A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary. When you think of ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — In Pinellas Park, there's an age-old business that not only survived the pandemic but grew stronger because of it. Like the real-life steel titans, their models are made to ...

Many model railroaders have the mindset of looking at items not for what they are but what they might become. I count myself in that camp. During recent trips to local grocery stores and big-box ...

Beginner to expert: Track plans exist for all skill levels, from simple 4x8 starter layouts to expansive multi-level systems with complex operations. Small space solutions: Creative O scale and N ...

Tucked between a residential neighborhood and a school athletic field in Malden is a large, red brick building that looks a little like an old train depot. That’s fitting. Four words in large ...

Take a step back in time to an era when trains dominated central and northcentral Wisconsin.

BOSTON - The minute you walk into the "All Aboard! Trains at Science Park" exhibit at the Museum of Science, the feeling of being a kid again takes over. "It's just a fun exhibit. Everyone who comes ...

For one day on Saturday, hundreds of visitors in La Grange got a chance to take a peek into the past at the annual All American Railroad Show, a sprawling display of bustling downtowns, classic cars ...

MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — Lee English has been in the toy train business all his life. He owns and operates English's Model Railroad Supply in Montoursville. "We are a big kid toy company and a little kid ...

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 ...