Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 17—Richard Fifield's Epsom basement is a bustling depot. "Jug City Railway," the miniature railroad he began building in 1981 ...

Twenty years ago, a group of fellows stripped out an old laundromat and UPS office and transformed the place into a lilliputian wonderland. Maybe it's not a wonderland until you stoop down and lean in ...

This model of a West Virginia Pulp & Paper Shay steam locomotive will be running on the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s HO scale modular layout at the group’s 29th Annual Fall Train Show ...

Professor Emeritus Ron Fritzsche rediscovered model railroading about 10 years ago after retiring from Humboldt State University. “Model railroading is fun, because there are so many aspects to it,” ...

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 some, model trains are a reminder of youth. Especially during the holiday season, when memories of trains around the Christmas tree are prominent. Even if the days of model trains’ prominence are ...

WYOMING -- Jerry Frye never had model trains as a child. Now he has thousands. "I've always been interested in trains, but my parents never bought me one," said Frye, who owns Hobby Recycling at 2313 ...

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 ...

Aug. 17—Richard Fifield's Epsom basement is a bustling depot. "Jug City Railway," the miniature railroad he began building in 1981, now boasts a Walmart loading dock, an oil refinery, a wood pulp ...

The Humboldt Bay & Eureka Model Railroad Club will once again feature an open house on Veterans Day weekend (Nov 8 and 9). The club is celebrating its 51st anniversary at its location at Seventh and A ...