WINSTED — I recently read a story of a hobby shop in Winsted that was closing its doors. Sadly, this is not an uncommon event in the hobby shop business these days. Although that particular closing ...

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 ...

WEBVTT PITTSBURGHERS. REPORTER: A TRAIN SET UNDER THE TREE AT CHRISTMAS. IT'S A TRADITION MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. >> OH YEAH. WE HAD A TRAIN SET GROWING UP. STILL HAVE IT IN FACT MY BASEMENT.

It was the most unlikely of detours. Wisconsin residents Paul Olson and Samantha May made a beeline to Powell Wednesday on their way to visiting family in the mid-state area. Their destination: Dan’s ...

A miniature HO scale train display ran under a canopy over the weekend next to the Mineral Ridge Historical Society that ...

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 ...

Don Koeller thought of himself as a model train hobbyist specializing in ornamental flat cars, but a fellow train enthusiast convinced him otherwise. The young man admiring Koeller's holiday flat cars ...

According to the train model enthusiast, the model train hobby is staying on track with digital technology. Years ago, trains were powered with direct current from transformers. Today, HO systems have ...

He will be remembered for bringing the joy of model railroading to thousands with holiday exhibitions. But David Caplan, who died March 7 at age 71 from an infection, didn't just play with model ...

After 40 years of providing model trains, radio-controlled cars, watercolor paint and jewelry beads, Don’s Hobby will be closing. “It’s been a terrible, hard decision to make,” said Carol Pasbrig, who ...

It’s a bittersweet rainy Wednesday morning for Dave Opdyke, perusing the shelves of one of his favorite stores one last time.

OGDEN — Dale Spaulding loves trains. Maybe it’s because trains are big in and around Ogden and, being in Weber County, he grew up with them. But to tell the truth, he’s not exactly sure what it is ...