Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...

As the locomotive rolled past a gritty urban scene, engineer Lavon Stauffer smiled. “Now watch this,” he said. He increased the throttle, blew the airhorn and rang the locomotive’s bell ... all from ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With its loose shingles and rusted sides, the listing water tank looks as timeworn as the model steam engine that chugs around the 12-foot-by-24-foot display ...

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

Idea person: Glen Rosenbaum, a partner at the law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Big idea: Showcase history through model train room. Where it came from: In the early '50s, when Rosenbaum was three or four ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post Leah Goodman, 10, and her mother Carrie, right, look at a detailed train and town diorama on display at Caboose Hobbies ...

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has ordered 40 Wabtec ES44AC locomotives, its first purchase of new locomotives since 2022.

MANY TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS DREAM OF DRIVING A REAL TRAIN, BUT THEY CAN’T. SO THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO PRETEND BY OPERATING A TRAIN AND A LIFE IMITATING MODEL RAILROAD EXHIBIT. AND WHAT BETTER TIME TO ...