Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree ...

It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club held an open house Saturday in memory of late founder Louie Creel. Creel’s son, Brendan Creel, allowed the MOVMRC to showcase Creel’s H-scale caboose train.

Railroad enthusiasts are getting a return trip this year to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. In addition to the annual Railroad Hobby Show held there each year in January by the ...

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The massive model railroad layout members of the Springfield Model Railroad Club created in their meeting space isn’t a toy. Named “Springfield Terminal Railway Association,” the club’s model railroad ...

Building an elaborate model railroad looks like a legitimately relaxing and rewarding hobby, but if you don’t have an entire basement to dedicate to a sprawling countryside layout, take inspiration ...

Known as “The Train Lady,” North Barrington resident Elaine Silets is the owner and operator of the Harvey M. Silets Memorial O-Scale Model Railroad Museum, which is named after her late husband. The ...

The biannual model train show brings collectors, vendors and artists to the Polish Community Center in Albany.

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 ...

Multiple generations of adults can vividly recall waking up on Christmas morning to find a model railroad train set circling around the holiday tree. The allure of model trains followed the growth of ...