The best electric train sets make for great presents but are also a fantastic hobby to get into anytime. From Lionel the Polar Express to the Intelino J-1 Smart Train, there are widely varied options ...

HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the overall popularity ...

Which LEGO train set is best? Train sets are one of the all-time greatest toys. They’re endlessly fascinating and teach the builder the value of good engineering. It’s no surprise that LEGO designs ...

Now that you’ve got the perfect tree, why not let the kids (and lets face it, you) wake up to a classic surprise come Christmas morning. Encircle the tree with a quintessential LGB Starter Train ($420 ...

Richard Dobler is a railroad baron in the manner of Henry Flagler, though on a less ostentatious scale. Adjacent to his home between Lake Wales and Dundee lies an 18-acre model train domain that he — ...

For more than a decade, Rob Caves has invited the public to his Altadena backyard to experience an ever-growing model train universe built by him and his fellow hobbyists in the Christmas Tree Lane ...

Dave Skinner was not interested in a grand model train layout. Something small — a “circle of track six feet in diameter.” Something in a corner of his basement in his Woodbury home, where he could ...