Creating realistic scenery transforms a model train layout from a simple track loop into a miniature world full of life and storytelling. From shaping terrain with foam and plaster to adding weathered ...

As part of its new railroad-themed exhibit, On the Right Track, the Elmhurst History Museum hosted a model train show Saturday in cooperation with Chicagoland T-Trak, an informal group of model ...

Eric Corder, Theo Wood, Lori Corder and Caius Wood of Parkersburg watched some of the model train displays that were running during the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s annual Louie Creel ...

AUGUSTA — Blake Lecher, 14, leaned down to table-level, looking through his video camera intently to line up the perfect shot of the O-Gauge Lionel model train rounding a corner in the tracks and ...

R E Estill's Shows 20-by-30-foot miniature carnival set at the Great Train Show at Collinsville on Saturday. A LEGO railroad layout at the Great Train Show in Collinsville on Saturday. A Winter ...

Taken from Tracks Ahead: Season 8 | Episode 1 Tracks Ahead is a favorite among train enthusiasts because it gives rail fanatics a chance to visit exotic rail destinations they may only read or dream ...

The beloved model-train layouts in the basement of Union Station have reached the end of the line. Back when two developers were competing for the contract to redevelop the facility, both promised ...

MEDINA -- Making models was a hobby the late Robert Wilson of Kendall didn't cultivate until after his retirement in the early 1990s. Yet his talent could easily classify him as a master model maker, ...