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What led you to photograph model trains? Some grow up liking girls and beer—I also liked trains. In terms of photography, that was my father’s hobby—he had lots of nice cameras. Popular Photography ...

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 ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee has been a hub for model railroading since the 1930s. It's been home to a major supplier of model railroad kits and model railroad magazines. To this day, it's still ...

The distinctive bell of a railroad crossing and the blow of the whistle punctuate the sound of the steam engine and the rattle of the freight cars following along behind it. They are the sounds that ...

I've been fascinated by trains for as long as I can remember. Bought my first model railroad car, a little silver ore car in N scale, when I was about five. Got rid of the N scale stuff upon moving to ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...