Miniature railroad layouts on May 18, 2019, tour recall Ligonier Valley Rail Road and circus trains from the past.

But in 2005, the first year their display was part of the annual Columbus Garden Railway Society tour, they learned that one feature of their layout is indispensable. Thomas the Tank Engine.

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

Seven stops, three of them new additions, are on the itinerary for the Ligonier Rail Road Association’s May 18 tour of local model railroad layouts. The association operates a rail museum in ...

NAVASOTA, Texas (KBTX) - November is National Model Railroad Month, which means it’s time for the annual Model Railroad Fall Tour. It’s a time when model builders open their homes to share ...

The open house schedule for the model railroad club runs from September to April. The final tours of the season will be this weekend.

Model railroad enthusiasts in Reno, Sparks, Carson City can take a walk into history Nov. 6-8 for the annual Northern Nevada Model Railroad Layout Tour.

When he was 62, he got his first outdoor engine and a small train layout. Then, after moving to SunRiver in 2008, he started building a more permanent railroad.

Six years ago, when I stopped here for the first time, Lyle had satisfied his childhood dream of owning a model railroad by building a 25-by-30 foot layout in the front room.

In fact, there is a large variety of model railroad layouts right here in Washington County. And residents have the opportunity to see them from Friday through Monday during the open house tour.

Train fans and garden appreciators can crisscross the greater Portland area to see compact engines chugging through tunnels, across bridges and on trestles at 14 different model railroad layouts ...

Culture This Week in Photos: Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club The club is once more giving tours of its 2,000-plus-foot network of double-laid track, the largest model train layout in the ...