COLORADO SPRINGS — With more than a mile of track, there's nothing miniature about the model railroad that occupies the basement of Bob Bandy's Colorado Springs home; under construction since 2000 ...

Trains run the tracks in their faraway land, where the world's problems are traded for Christmas morning. And it's always Christmas morning when the Old Hickory Railroad Museum's doors give way to ...

The fancy model trains produced by renowned toymaking company Maerklin were a hit with GIs in the aftermath of World War II when U.S. forces set up shop around the German town of Goppingen. Nowadays, ...

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 ...

Toy trains can be a hobby, or they can be an award-winning science experiment. Gary Allen Montelongo, age 14, just won $10,000 for coding, building mini railroad tracks, and running a model train on ...

Youngstown Model Railroad Association officer Bruce Silvernail handles the switching operations at one of the large yards on the HO layout. The YMRA HO layout will appear in the national magazine, ...

OCEAN CITY – Looking for more space and a change of pace, Ed and Diane Reese sold their decades-old rancher and moved into a new, three-story northend home in 2005. Diane Reese envisioned all sorts of ...

This video takes viewers on a ride across the longest model train track in the world, showcasing unbelievable detail and scale. Each section reveals new landscapes, cities, and scenes crafted with ...

MUSKEGON, MI— A nonprofit organization that preserves the railroad heritage of the Muskegon area has opened its annual holiday-themed event. Formed in 1983, the Muskegon Railroad Historical Society, ...

Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Dennis Mamone of Poland shows the new Willy Wonka train set he will be donating to Akron Children’s next week. POLAND — Dennis Mamone enjoys his hobby of model ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. There are hundreds of ...