As a child, [Mike Chrisp] saw a film featuring one of the great narrow gauge English locomotives. While the story was inordinately heartening, as soon as he walked out of the theatre, [Mike] said to ...

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last 113 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Tom Crosthwait, John Lowrance and Alan Vincent with the San Antonio Model Railroad Association at the Bob Clarke Rail ...

Model trains aren’t just miniature machines — they’re living pieces of history you can hold, customize, and bring to life. From vintage steam replicas to LEGO brick-built locomotives, each model tells ...

It is an ideal world these model-train enthusiasts inhabit – a world where locomotives from a bygone era pull rail cars laden with natural resources through the wide valleys and high deserts of the ...

Lego train sets have been available for decades, now. The Danish manufacturer long ago realized the magic of combining its building block sets with motors and plastic rails to create real working ...

A train buff’s stunning collection of model steam engines that he used to drive around his back garden is set to sell for £250,000. The late Jack Salem was a steam train enthusiast and over a 40-year ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

SOUTH SALT LAKE -- The Train Shoppe on State Street in South Salt Lake is partially what you'd guess based on the name. "The front half is basically our hobby shop. So that entity has been around in ...

The U30C was General Electric’s best-selling U-boat. Between 1966 and 1976, approximately 600 units (number of units made varies from 592-600 depending on source material) were built for more than 20 ...