A hiss of steam, then a loud whistle blast, shatters the calm as the locomotive prepares to depart from the station. A set of orders from the dispatcher is given to the engineer and the last of the ...

A stout orange train sped to life in the Minneapolis twilight, its tracks stretching near the truss-roofed Milwaukee Road Depot and passing the Ceresota mill. The rails curved into St. Paul toward the ...

SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...

Smiles come easy to the leadership of the Hawkeye Model Railroad Club these days. That’s because the group of local die-hard train lovers will soon move into their own new 3,200-square-foot building ...

♪ >> PETER DOES WORK A FULL-TIME JOB SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS IS NONPAYING ONE, THE ONE HE HAS WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. >> IT IS A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP THE LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S ...

As model trains come out of storage to circle the Christmas tree, groups across Lancaster County open their doors to share their elaborate displays with the public. Many of these model train set-ups ...