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 ...

Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Dennis Mamone of Poland shows the new Willy Wonka train set he will be donating to Akron Children’s next week. POLAND — Dennis Mamone enjoys his hobby of model ...

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 ...

CANTON− It's Wade's World. We're just living in it. Wade Hutt and John Daily this year celebrated 30 years of friendship that they say has helped turn their hobby of model trains into a massive ...

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. The cold sweats are gone. The ...

Ray Shelton is a retired Nassau County Police officer, but he has been working on the railroad for 40 years. Shelton’s Hicksville backyard is landscaped with bushes like a large, blooming prickly pear ...

Train lovers of all ages can enjoy the Great Northeast Model Train Show at the Holiday Inn Scranton East, 200 Tigue St., Dunmore, on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. hosted by Bernie Macavage, owner of ...

Danica Luehr and Brec Gibson stand beside the model train display they helped create at the Northwest Montana History Museum in Kalispell on Tuesday, April 15. Luehr hand-painted each building on the ...