At the heart of South Central Wisconsin is Madison, both a college town and the capital city of the Badger State. When it ...

The Historic Jonesborough Train Show, featuring everything from model trains to historic railroad artifacts, kicked off on ...

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 ...

The New York Botanical Garden in New York City is just one of many places across the country to see holiday-themed model train shows. Robert Benson Photography With the holidays chugging into full ...

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, ...

Tucked between a residential neighborhood and a school athletic field in Malden is a large, red brick building that looks a little like an old train depot. That’s fitting. Four words in large ...

If you think model trains are just child's play, think again. A Gwinnett County man has turned a lifelong fascination with locomotives into a global online community, connecting train enthusiasts from ...

Here are some numbers that help explain why jaws drop at the first sight of the model-train set that tech entrepreneur Peter Hambling is having built in the basement of his Medina family home: • The ...