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 ...

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last 113 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Longtime New Mexico State Fair goers will tell you there is a lot to explore on Main Street but the real magic happens in the buildings. Tucked away behind the concession stands ...

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

At Maker Faire this weekend. tucked in between a building full of homegrown foodstuffs and a rock polishing booth is the Bay Area Garden Railway Society (BAGRS). They’re running a few live steam ...

As the locomotive rolled past a gritty urban scene, engineer Lavon Stauffer smiled. “Now watch this,” he said. He increased the throttle, blew the airhorn and rang the locomotive’s bell ... all from ...

The Allied Model Trains building in Culver City has sold to Tova Capital, Inc. and is slated to be converted into creative office space. Tova Capital announced the $8.2 million purchase today. “We ...

A treasure trove of rare model railway collectables is set to go under the hammer, after its owner reluctantly sent them down the tracks to a Beverley auction house. Brough locomotive enthusiast Chris ...