In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

An Oxford couple is among those opening their backyard this weekend to showcase elaborate model railroad layouts. Allan and Liz Pantle have been working on the Midwestern and Rainbow Tunnel Railroad ...

♪ >> PETER DOES WORK A FULL-TIME JOB SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS IS NONPAYING ONE, THE ONE HE HAS WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. >> IT IS A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP THE LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S ...

A small company's elaborate holiday model-train displays are built mostly of twigs, leaves and gourds from the company's home turf: a wooded ridge... Miniature Train Displays That Draw From Nature A ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Richard Oehrig spends his lunch hours laying railroad track and carefully gluing pieces of scale-size gravel along the tracks. Sometime he’s so busy with his project that he ...

AUGUSTA — Blake Lecher, 14, leaned down to table-level, looking through his video camera intently to line up the perfect shot of the O-Gauge Lionel model train rounding a corner in the tracks and ...

Railroad enthusiasts of all ages spent their Saturday morning watching scale trains loop around elaborate layouts at the 38th annual Spring Train Show put on by the Ozarks Model Railroad Association ...

Sponsored by River City Modelers, this year’s Spokane Fall Model Train Show will feature model train layouts of all sizes while offering collectors and sellers the chance to browse a wide variety of ...

Collecting model railway systems is a passion for some in the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA. Called the "world's greatest hobby", model train collectors are nostalgic for the days of steam engines ...