He said visitors will see the operating railroad displays showing areas in which trains traveled over the years, learn the local history of trains that serviced this area, walk outside to watch real ...

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dodge sets one of his N scale trains on its track. “N scale” comes from the word “nine,” because the width of the track is 9 ...

When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the hallway beyond, I thought that was as large a model railroad as I would ever own. I was just happy that my ...

BOISE, Idaho — Chugging through Idaho’s history, model railroad clubs in the Treasure Valley serve as places of community. The smaller-than-life trains at the Old Boise Model Railroad Club and ...

Most of us would be pretty happy with ourselves if we made one of those neat “epoxy river” types of art for our home. Not so with prolific maker [Peter Waldraff]. [Peter] is a skilled craftsman with a ...

When you enter the Ocala Model Railroaders Historic Preservation Society headquarters, you may think you hear the conductor's cry to board an early steam or modern diesel electric locomotive driven ...

Despite all the electronic temptations that bombard young and old these days, model trains remain a crowd-pleaser. The Lilliputian world of model trains, this miniscule and perfect universe, continues ...

Mar. 14—NAPPANEE — Remember seeing toy trains on tiny tracks circling displays of Christmas villages each December? Or the magic of watching a grandfather's locomotive and train traveling on a scenic ...