Railroad displays at Christmastime evoke an American era in which trains brought relatives, holiday gifts and childhood ...

One of my favorite things to do while eating lunch is to pull out an old volume of Model Railroader magazine and page through it. Lately, I've been working my way through the decade of the 1960s ...

Just about the only thing separating the adults from the kids Friday at the 28th Model Train Festival was height. Young or old, they all stared in rapture as trains disappeared into tunnels, went over ...

The Nevada Northern Railway in Ely maintains a unique corner of American history by keeping turn of the 20th century train engines ticking.

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

Leeds Industrial Museum The model has been part of the collection of model locomotives at Leeds Industrial Museum since at least the 1970s Once a fully working miniature steam train, the model ...

As a little boy, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. “When I saw that I fell in love with trains.” ...

editor of Railroad Model Craftsman. “There’s the power of nostalgia and a simpler time. Instead of busy airports and unpredictable delivery services, we had cozy and luxurious steam trains and ...