The Oakton Train Yard is the grand, lifelong project of Evanston resident David Homer, whose fascination with model ...

As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby ...

The holiday tradition of model railroad displays helped get Ray Mueser hooked on the hobby. “My dad had two Lionels he put around the Christmas tree, and he had houses. One time they went out,” Mueser ...

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 ...

Looking for a way to spend some quality time with the kids in an age when computer games seem to steal their spare moments? Some area hobbyists say model train layouts are a great alternative to ...

A group of people who gathered in 1994 at Chicago’s historic Union Station weren’t there to take the train. They were there to talk trains, and ended up making a bit of history themselves. It was the ...

Dillsburg (WHTM) If you go to the house at 22 Chestnut Street in Dillsburg, you’ll find a sign at the entrance to the driveway – the word “trains” with an arrow pointing the way. Just walk down the ...