The cast of The Market Deeping Model Railway Club, © Marc Brenner. What drives adults to pour thousands of hours into tiny, ...

The New York Botanical Garden in New York City is just one of many places across the country to see holiday-themed model train shows. Robert Benson Photography With the holidays chugging into full ...

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 ...

Young train enthusiasts had a chance to become railroad conductors last weekend during the Historic Pullman Foundation Model Train Experience. But the youngsters weren’t the only ones enthralled by ...

Model trains have a way of captivating both the young and the young at heart and for the Pahrump Model Railroad Club, the passion runs deep. To share their love of the hobby and hopefully inspire ...

The fancy model trains produced by renowned toymaking company Maerklin were a hit with GIs in the aftermath of World War II when U.S. forces set up shop around the German town of Goppingen. Nowadays, ...

Greenberg's Great Train & Toy Show comes to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on July 18-19 with operating train layouts, ...

Steve Sanders of Dallas, Texas, spent $1 million on his model train set. It’s his life’s story—in a way you wouldn’t expect. The enormous 2,000-square-foot miniature railway is featured on the latest ...

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A model railway hobbyist has been named volunteer of the year by Tourism Westman for preserving and enhancing a ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Growing up, Rob Caves remembers there ...