In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...

A story we shared in October has taken on a life of its own — literally — after a 92-year-old Maine man’s model train village ...

HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown was nicknamed the “Hub City” during the heyday of coal and steam, a history that one can see in small scale at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum. The roundhouse, which once ...

Looking for a unique gift for the train aficionado in your life? An Oliver, B.C., resident is selling his model railway layout, a one-of-a-kind design that took hundreds of hours to create. “Holy ...

Rapt and in a model train moment all his own, Owen Rash of Tacoma looks over an HO scale model layout during the 2014 Model Train Festival show at the Washington State History Museum. This year’s show ...

Model railway enthusiasts are invited to view 16 layouts at the Cleckheaton Model Railway Exhibition tomorrow and Sunday. The event, staged by Bradford Model Railway Club, is at Whitcliffe Mount ...

Railway enthusiasts are gearing up for one of the finest railway modelling exhibitions in the UK - organised by the Manchester Model Railway Society. The Christmas Model Railway Show is the only ...

Visitors to the London Festival of Railway Modeling got a chance to eye highly detailed miniature trains and accompanying towns and displays on Sunday. The event, which ran March 22-23 at Alexandra ...

This story originally appeared in the December 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. How many of us found something we loved as a ...