HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity ...

Cotton Bowen loves model trains. The Sterling resident is president of the Northern Virginia NTRAK club and has been a lifelong enthusiast of the hobby. Right up there with building model trains and ...

The inches-high, blue-and-gray model engine backed up to the line of yellow-orange boxcars, bumping against the closest and causing the whole line to shift. The newly wedded train then labored forward ...

Richard Dobler is a railroad baron in the manner of Henry Flagler, though on a less ostentatious scale. Adjacent to his home between Lake Wales and Dundee lies an 18-acre model train domain that he — ...

From the choo-choo that goes around the Christmas tree to fanciful displays and seasonal train rides like The Polar Express, trains have long been associated with the holidays. For the ultimate ...

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 ...

New Windsor resident Glenn Sharpe builds scale-model trains and once a year invites his friends over to his home to ride them. “Of course, we love to play with trains, so today is just a little ...

COMMERCE TWP., MI - If only Sheldon Cooper had known about this place. This is said to be the country's largest operating O scale train model railroad. This place has more than three dozen model ...

Chris Thorpe wants to create a replica of trains using lasers. Like any serious hobby, model trains offer the enthusiast any number of rabbit holes to travel down. There are dozens of scales and ...

The holiday season is upon us, brightened by decorations peeking onto the streets from house windows and adorning front lawns, lighting up storefronts and public spaces. Twinkling lights, greenery and ...