EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown was nicknamed the “Hub City” during the heyday of coal and steam, a history that one can see in small scale at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum. The roundhouse, which once ...

It looked like it could have been a page out the history book for the old Union Station in 1980. Inside, onlookers young and old watched and waited for the train to come around the bend, but the ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD — If you stepped into any one of four buildings on the grounds of Eastern States Exposition on Saturday, you found yourself surrounded by Lilliputian cities, each with its own rail ...

BRANDON, Wis. (WBAY) - As a young boy, he loved to watch trains. That passion inspired a Fond du Lac County man’s life-long hobby. Jim Kuik has spent nearly four decades creating a massive model train ...

The Railrunners Model Railroad Club hosts its annual open house Dec. 13-14 in Grand Meadow, featuring multi-level layouts, ...

Jeff Springer plays with model trains all day. And he gets paid for it. Mr. Springer is one of fewer than 20 people in the United States whose full-time occupation is building model train layouts.

It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...

Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell, ...

Indiana’s largest model train show and swap will be held on Aug. 27 and 28 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds (250 Fraiground Drive, Franklin, IN). The show hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat. and 10 a ...