Dale Desser, of Erie, doesn't want visitors to simply watch his spectacular model railroad. He invites people to operate it.

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 ...

Since we broke the sad news yesterday that the two model-train layouts that have been in the basement of Union Station for decades -- eight decades, in one case -- will not be there when Union ...

Christmas, including Santa Claus and his flying reindeer, runs right on schedule in the Meiers Corners household where James Westgate spends two weeks assembling the elaborate model-train setup ...

Gabehart’s N scale (1:160, smaller than HO scale) Allegheny Northern model railroad winds 165 feet on a shelf-type, walkaround layout that is 52 inches off his basement’s floor.

The explanation is threefold: Model trains provide an indelible connection to childhood, they’re the stuff of nostalgia for a lost age of train travel and they’re just plain nifty. For Posey ...

A soft-spoken man with an engaging smile, the 54-year-old Cardiff builds custom model-train layouts for a living. And the emphasis is on custom; Cardiff’s model railroad layouts are one-of-a ...

A model railroad club seeks a buyer for the New Jersey house that’s been its home for six decades. The pitch: Inherit 3,500 feet of track and 30 of “your strangest new best friends.” ...