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 ...

Youngstown Model Railroad Association officer Bruce Silvernail handles the switching operations at one of the large yards on the HO layout. The YMRA HO layout will appear in the national magazine, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many of us dream of a model railroad empire on a massive scale. While the time, space and resources required usually dictate ...

Volunteers Dick Cooper, left, and Karl Bitter work to fix a derailment inside Union Station's model train gallery. Model trains run year-round at Union Station. But during the holiday season, the ...

Some build them in their basements. But Dick Shellenberg's train set takes up most of his backyard. The retired elementary school principal has turned model train conductor in the town of Corning.

MUSKEGON, MI— A nonprofit organization that preserves the railroad heritage of the Muskegon area has opened its annual holiday-themed event. Formed in 1983, the Muskegon Railroad Historical Society, ...

SEATTLE — In the Holler Lake neighborhood, a Seattle man's passion project is picking up steam. Manny Reale has brought to life a realistic model train town in his yard. He shares this niche hobby ...