Model train connoisseurs have a great opportunity to share that passion with others at the N.C. Transportation Museum. Steam Over Spencer: A Live Steam Model Train event is taking place on March 6-8 ...

As a 17-year-old student, I can offer a few suggestions as to why model railroading may be dying (“As Model Trains Near Line’s End, Aging Hobbyists Trundle On,” page one, Feb. 11). First, the price of ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Victorian era is making a comeback at the Mitchell Park Domes. Saturday, Jan. 18 was the first day of their new exhibit called Golden Age of Steam. The display has trains ...

Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962. They are on display in his home near Port Huron and include an operating layout.

Pete Waterman has sold some of his collection of model steam trains for more than £600,000 at auction. The record producer is using most of the money to pay for engineering apprenticeships to work on ...

Charles Lester III knew from a very early age that his grandfather’s seven-foot wooden model of a steam locomotive was something to be looked at, not played with. “My father used to pile things up in ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

Model trains and toy trains, including some free exhibits, are featured throughout Delaware and nearby states. See several ideas where visitors can get on track at exhibits in November and December.

For many baby boomers, and some younger folks as well, the December holidays are synonymous with model trains. Many in the postwar generation grew up with Lionel or American Flyer rolling stock ...