Though I’ve been in the hobby for more than 70 years, I’m still amazed at the number of new products being released. Gone are the days when the Lionel or American Flyer “wish books” would fill our ...

Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962. They are on display in his home near Port Huron and include an operating layout.

Twenty years ago, a group of fellows stripped out an old laundromat and UPS office and transformed the place into a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. LIVINGSTON - As passengers filed out of the 1940s-model train cars that carried them here from ...

The Model Railroad Club’s Holiday Train Show and Open House in Union County is set to transport visitors back in time to the railroads of the 1950s. Running on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Nov.

The call of the railroad hits some people hard, harkening back to a time when trains were the veins and arteries of the land, with large steam engines pulling railroad cars, moving people and freight ...

At 91 years young, Al Boos may be the oldest kid in the San Antonio area who still plays with model trains. Not toy trains, mind you. These are exacting replicas of the real thing. Hyper-detailed, ...