When Bill Wheeler first joined the Southwest Washington Model Railroaders in 1998, he recalled how he and fellow train enthusiasts met in a small room behind Safe Harbor Church on East Mill Plain ...

San Luis Obispo obstetrician Bernd Schumacher has a one-track mind when it comes to trains. He recently was named the new Guinness World Records holder for the largest collection of model trains with ...

For many baby boomers, and some younger folks as well, the December holidays are synonymous with model trains. Many in the postwar generation grew up with Lionel or American Flyer rolling stock ...

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 ...

I’ve never really appreciated the whole model train thing until I took my kids to Northlandz, a 52,000 square foot facility in Flemington, New Jersey. It’s a wonderful place with more than 100 trains ...

The Berkshire Eagle feature about my friend, Jack Trowill, and his model train collection inspired this baby boomer memory. One of the favorite Christmas or Hanukkah gifts that my friends and I ...