In January, she launched Tiny Track Toys, a small business that specializes in miniature replicas of TriMet vehicles. The ...

Tucked between a residential neighborhood and a school athletic field in Malden is a large, red brick building that looks a little like an old train depot. That’s fitting. Four words in large ...

Model trains have captivated kids for more than a century. For collectors, are they worth more than just the memory? Chugging along What’s hot: Rare models of high quality trains from manufacturers ...

Nothing beats the childhood joy of seeing a choo-choo train display during the holiday season. Especially when that includes boarding a Christmastime caboose brimming with holiday decor, smelling hot ...

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

The Shelburne Museum’s model train set can be operated by museum visitors at the push of a button, without staff present. Credit: James Buck Morning light streamed through the antique windows of the ...

The Amherst Railway Society’s 53rd Railroad Hobby Show will fill four buildings and nearly 11 acres of floor space when it arrives at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield Jan. 25 and 26.

Just across from the West Hingham commuter rail station, a driveway-like road heads past playing fields, a skate park, empty buildings, a fire museum, the town’s public works headquarters, and — right ...

What is it about toy trains that has continued to entertain children, admittedly mostly boys, for nearly two centuries? A major new exhibition is about to find out. They ran to your own personal ...

‘We want to sell the passion we have for a hobby, not the products themselves,’ says the miniatures enthusiast and collector Rohit Nyss at his ‘happy place’. The store has a model railway layout, with ...