Gail Bonsor, chairwoman of the Trees and Trains Committee of the Lorain Growth Main Street Lorain Development Corporation, works with Ramhog Shearer, of the National Model Railroad Association ...

It's technically a model railroad, but there isn't much about the sprawling layout covering the balcony of the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland that comes off as little. It took volunteers from the ...

Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on ...

A hiss of steam, then a loud whistle blast, shatters the calm as the locomotive prepares to depart from the station. A set of orders from the dispatcher is given to the engineer and the last of the ...

In order to celebrate National Model Railroad Month (who knew?), local advocates who have created and collected miniature railroad displays are opening their homes to showcase their work. “We’re ...

Starting at Union Station in Los Angeles, it takes about 20 to 25 minutes to reach the end of the line at the Bakersfield rail yards. “Close to an hour round trip,” Paul Koehler said. “That’s assuming ...

Model railroading has been around for more than a century, but even with all those trains whose sole purpose is to circumnavigate Christmas trees, the hobby has receded somewhat from the public eye.

The biggest model railroad club in the Northwest has hand-built everything from Union Station to Multnomah Falls in meticulous detail — with the occasional whimsical flourish (we see you, Bigfoot).