EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

When members of the Four County Society of Model Engineers decided to enter their modular train layout in the largest train show in North America, they expected to have fun. They did not expect to ...

The Brandon Hills Model Railway Club opened its doors to the public Saturday afternoon, offering a glimpse into the world of model railroading at its open house at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan ...

Rapt and in a model train moment all his own, Owen Rash of Tacoma looks over an HO scale model layout during the 2014 Model Train Festival show at the Washington State History Museum. This year’s show ...

CROCKETT — Extensive model railroad layouts will be operating and on display to the public during the fourth annual Crockett Railroad Days fom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Two model train clubs ...

MANSFIELD, Texas -- A train and three rail cars sit in the tiny shadow of a water tower in Don Hughes' workshop, causing him to smile. "That was the train that started it all," he said, "the train on ...

It’s the time of year for gift giving (and gift getting). For some of us, Christmas recalls a time when a tiny electric train ran around the tree on a bumpy carpet, never quite as beautiful as it was ...

From the art of creating scenery to detailing miniature people that enhance a layout, model train aficionados will gather this weekend to host the ninth annual Model Train Show Saturday and Sunday at ...

Jeff Springer plays with model trains all day. And he gets paid for it. Mr. Springer is one of fewer than 20 people in the United States whose full-time occupation is building model train layouts.