Often, model train layouts get thrown out after their creator ... Narrow-gauge railways were common in Colorado, where they serviced the mining boom in the late 1800s. They included Noonan ...

Jeff Springer plays with model trains all day. And he gets paid for it. Mr. Springer is one of fewer than 20 people in the United States whose full-time occupation is building model train layouts.

"Railroading and coal mining, that's what's been our livelihood ... And it's railroading that's on display at the Lonesome Pine Model Railroaders giant layout in the basement of the cultural ...

Several miles away, Tim Georgvich exacts similar sway, controlling all traffic in and out of the mining towns ... a fabricator of model railroad accessories in Phoenix. Layouts typically start ...

Members supply much of the rolling stock for the model train layouts. “I’ve been in the hobby since I got my first Lionel set back in 1946,” Randolph said. The museum features several ...

These include open-house events by clubs with permanent layouts as well as train shows at various locations. The Trainmasters of Babylon, West Island Model Railroad Club, and Nassau Lionel ...

Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell ...

But once inside, visitors of all ages are in for a magical, immersive experience—the museum features 20 unique model train layouts, ranging from tiny 2-inch, Z-scale engines chugging through an ...

On Saturday, the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club kicked off their open ... and is excited to welcome guests back with a new layout. Nick Neill, who is visiting the museum with his father ...

A cookout is planned from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and a ribbon-cutting led, by the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport-Arundel Chamber of Commerce, begins at 1 p.m. The model railroad layout was built by Hel ...

"They're for kids of all ages, I like to say," says Ginny Morris, a Gilbert model train enthusiast who belongs to the group. "I have a small modular (train layout) that I take around, and kids ...