For many people, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a toy train set, the whir of the wheels on the tracks, the lights and whistles and steam. And then when the new year rolls around, and the ...

Chris France’s neighbor looked out the window of her Beltsville home recently and saw something in Mr. France’s yard that startled her. “She thought it was an animal at first,” Mr. France remembers.

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 ...

AVON LAKE — For Ray Litten, model trains are more than just a business. In the back warehouse of Uncle Ray’s Trains, 32961 Pin Oak Parkway, Avon Lake, the faint and pleasant smell of liquid smoke ...

Tom Stolte has built a model train building to house his model train railroad project. He also makes miniature railroad decals. McLouth? Minuscule board by minuscule board, Tom Stolte has constructed ...

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. — All aboard for a trip to the Great Train Show. It’s a dream come true for anyone who is into model trains. Hobby railroading has been around really for decades, almost a century, and ...

Families, railway enthusiasts and hobbyists gathered at Heritage Park's CPR Station on Saturday for the Portage Model ...

PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Verenna has a knack for making children miserable. "I see more kids crying as they're going out the door," Verenna says. "Their mothers and fathers are dragging them. They don't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida's largest model train store is helping people of all ages get on board with a beloved hobby. H-R Trains and Toys has ...