Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or ...

One of the greatest strengths of model railroading is the diverse, multifaceted nature of the hobby. History, woodworking, electrical engineering, and many other disciplines can all be pursued toward ...

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

Ryan Kunkle, supervisor of visitor services at the Railroad Museum of Pa., can remember lying in bed as a little boy as the not-too distant echoes of train whistles lulled him to sleep. "The trains ...

Adults who love model railroading say it sometimes makes them feel like kids again. Their concern is to make sure that today’s kids, and the generations of kids to come, will follow in their footsteps ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

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 ...

When Robin Claxton was seven years old, his father built him and his little brother a model train layout with a 4’ by 8’ sheet of plywood and some old tracks and engines at the family’s home in Sharon ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- The Great Train Expo, a model railroading show, returns this weekend to the Greater Gulf State Fairgrounds, at 1035 North Cody Road in Mobile. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The 58th annual Railroad Hobby Show is set for this weekend at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield. Eastern States Exposition offers free ...