People who love model trains are on the right track if they visit Lake Metroparks Farmpark in Kirtland this weekend. That’s because Farmpark, located at 8800 Euclid Chardon Road, is hosting Railroads ...

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout is breaking up again, this time for good.

It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...

Bill Nagel is a powerful man. With a flick of his hand, the Chandler retiree summons musicians in green lederhosen and suspenders to the deck of a German brauhaus. With another movement, he commands a ...

For most people, thinking of electric train sets conjures up images of kids sitting around under a Christmas tree -- a scene from days gone by. Every November, the National Model Railroad Association ...

No matter how old some people get, trains have the ability to awaken in them a childlike delight. At least, that's the experience of the Arizona Big Train Operators, a group of model railroad ...

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Retired professional golfer Ed Dougherty built a six-car garage for his home in Pennsylvania, but it contains no automobiles. None that are big enough to transport people, that is. Mr. Dougherty, 72, ...

Model railroading has been around for more than a century, but even with all those trains whose sole purpose is to circumnavigate Christmas trees, the hobby has receded somewhat from the public eye.

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 ...