Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park was a scene of celebration Tuesday, as model train enthusiasts and city officials marked the completion of a new trestle bridge and rededicated the structure to the man ...

OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio -- Nathan and Elijah, brothers who live in Brunswick, spent more than 90 minutes with their dad, Bryan, at the former railroad depot on Garfield Avenue. Bryan said they often visit ...

The holiday season is upon us, brightened by decorations peeking onto the streets from house windows and adorning front lawns, lighting up storefronts and public spaces. Twinkling lights, greenery and ...

The Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds was packed with model railroad enthusiasts Saturday for the return of the Great Train Show. Eyes young and old tracked various model trains as they ...

Idea person: Glen Rosenbaum, a partner at the law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Big idea: Showcase history through model train room. Where it came from: In the early '50s, when Rosenbaum was three or four ...

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 ...

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).

HAMBURG, Germany--Sure, Miniatur Wunderland is the world's largest collection of model trains, but to describe it that way would do it a serious injustice. What it really is is a beyond-belief ...

It’s been an unexpected path for Francesca Casanova. It all started when she was tasked with building a model bridge for a school project in the sixth grade. Her father offered to help, but Casanova ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

For more than a decade, Rob Caves has invited the public to his Altadena backyard to experience an ever-growing model train universe built by him and his fellow hobbyists in the Christmas Tree Lane ...

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