Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell, ...
What’s the Christmas season without model railroad displays? If you’ve never discovered the combination of the two, the folks at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum will be happy to help you. The museum, ...
Salamon, who is in his 11th year as supervisor of the Indian Nations Division of the National Model Railroading Association, cannot remember a time when he was not fascinated by trains. “I’m sure it ...
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 ...
TACOMA, Wash. — All aboard! For the 25th year, model trains are rumbling down tracks at the Washington State History Museum. “We are so excited to be back on track as it were,” says Jennifer Kilmer, ...
The Berkshire Eagle feature about my friend, Jack Trowill, and his model train collection inspired this baby boomer memory. One of the favorite Christmas or Hanukkah gifts that my friends and I ...
Model toy trains continue to be a timeless staple for many boys and girls during the holiday season. For some, it transforms into a lifetime hobby, one that dates back to the 1800s. Moving from Ocean ...
Gordon Fee asked that I convey to “Historically Speaking” readers the history of model railroading in Oak Ridge as it pertains to the unique relationship that has formed between a club in Knoxville ...
SHARPSBURG — On Sunday, members of the Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum Inc. at Antietam Station flung open their doors in an attempt to keep love of railroading alive. It was the start of the ...
Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich history of model railroading in the park. That history began in 1935, when a ...
STRASBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is holding three days of railroading displays this month from Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20. At the Model Railroading Days visitors ...