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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...

Beyond an antique wood-frame glass door opening onto Edgewood Avenue and up a creaking stairway lies the territory of the Great Southern Lines—otherwise known as the largest model train layout in ...

The image generates cozy and nostalgic thoughts: a miniature train chugging among snow-covered houses underneath a Christmas tree. Perhaps you don’t have a model train layout as part of your holiday ...

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 ...

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