Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Tom Crosthwait, John Lowrance and Alan Vincent with the San Antonio Model Railroad Association at the Bob Clarke Rail ...

Undated handout photo issued by Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions of Pete Waterman with a 7 1/4 inch gauge model of the Great Western Railway Class 3700 4-4-0 tender locomotive No.3440 'City of Truro', ...

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last 113 ...

There are about nine model train clubs on Long Island, but apparently only the West Island Model Railroad Club in Hicksville allows visitors to run its trains at open houses. And at this year’s ...

There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? You may not be thinking small ...

SOUTH SALT LAKE -- The Train Shoppe on State Street in South Salt Lake is partially what you'd guess based on the name. "The front half is basically our hobby shop. So that entity has been around in ...

Two "rare and highly sought-after" model locomotives have sold for £7,000 each at a Leicestershire auction. The models were sold to a private collector for a total of £14,000 by Gildings Auctioneers ...

A train buff’s stunning collection of model steam engines that he used to drive around his back garden is set to sell for £250,000. The late Jack Salem was a steam train enthusiast and over a 40-year ...

JACKSON, La. (WAFB) - The first thing you notice here is the motion and the sound. These model trains wind through tunnels, over bridges, and across multi-level landscapes at the Greater Baton Rouge ...