Matthew Richards recently won the first model train building competition he’s ever entered. Richards, 42, won the adult team category in the National Model Railroad Build-Off for his construction of a ...

Model trains are fun, but sometimes little whirring motors in electric models feel a long way from the hulking metal beasts of the real railways. [Lewis] of [DIY Machines] adds back some of the flavor ...

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 ...

The annual show in Amsterdam drew locomotive enthusiasts, who marveled at train-set designs, model engines and more.