SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...

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Artist Steve Cryan of Old Saybrook was busy Wednesday working on building a model train layout for his 29th annual Holiday Train Show at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex. Cryan began putting ...

GRAND MEADOW — Wheels chug into motion. Steam pumps through model cylinders. A “piercing” bell switches tracks to “whistle talk.” It’s Wednesday morning train time with the Rail Runners Model Railroad ...

CHICO — “Old toy trains, little toy tracks. Little boy toys, comin” from a sack,” theses opening lines from Roger Miller”s 1965 Christmas carol “Old Toy Trains,” capture the long romance between boys, ...

The Evergreen Railroad Modelers, 18213 E. Appleway Blvd., will present an open house Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call Jim Bowden at (509) 995-9938.

It's forever Christmas Eve in Cannonsburg and Cannonsville: It says so on the only way into these special places where carols are playing, Santa's flying overhead and holiday lights are all aglow. But ...

Do you have a budding conductor in your family? Hop on board, because Long Island has your train-obsessed kids covered. While many children enjoy watching the LIRR chug across the Island, there are ...

As part of its new railroad-themed exhibit, On the Right Track, the Elmhurst History Museum hosted a model train show Saturday in cooperation with Chicagoland T-Trak, an informal group of model ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...

The holiday season is upon us, brightened by decorations peeking onto the streets from house windows and adorning front lawns, lighting up storefronts and public spaces. Twinkling lights, greenery and ...