MONROE — If Brett Lopez had to choose between tickets to the Super Bowl or a model train, he’d take the train. Lopez, 49, of Tacoma, was one of about 4,000 people who attended a model train show held ...

A caboose brings up the rear of a train. (Photo by Art Smith) A group of historical amusement park steam engines continue to work building up steam and doing what they were designed to do, haul people ...

For many people, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a toy train set, the whir of the wheels on the tracks, the lights and whistles and steam. And then when the new year rolls around, and the ...

NAPPANEE, Ind. (WSBT) — The Elkhart Model Railroad Club is celebrating 73 years of its annual Train Show. Visitors were welcome to experience the intricacies of model trains and meet the community ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

WINSTED — I recently read a story of a hobby shop in Winsted that was closing its doors. Sadly, this is not an uncommon event in the hobby shop business these days. Although that particular closing ...

Gaze at the faces of families riding the steam trains at Berkeley’s Tilden Park, and it’s difficult to tell who’s more excited – the youngsters boarding the Redwood Valley Railway cars or the gleeful ...