John Wagner carefully carried his newly created tiny replica of an oil refinery to its new home on the landscape of Pomona’s Fairplex Garden Railroad. “I grew up hanging on the fence near the train ...

In a quiet suburban backyard in Owens Cross Roads, the Grant Funk Railroad captivates visitors with its patriotic display, ...

It’s the sunshine. And miniature buildings surrounded by perfectly scaled vegetation. And small streams and waterfalls along the train tracks. And model locomotives and rail cars larger and more ...

The Columbus Garden Railway Society’s free annual self-guided tour of 22 backyard garden railroads will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. next Sunday. • Back-in-Time Railroad, 2791 Alder Vista Dr., Minerva ...

Model trains and gardens: Two of our favorite hobbies. And people love combining them. There are small garden railroads that run past daisies and hostas; there are elaborate setups that wind through ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad, a model railroad layout first built by Eric Child and Trevor Park around Child’s home about a decade ago, will run its final loop around the ...

There’s something magical about a train, whether you call it a railway or a railroad, plenty of us have hankered after our own little piece of line on which to shunt wagons or chuff around our domain.