The Brandywine Railroad’s iconic O-gauge model train display debuted in 1972 ... Railroad holiday train at the Brandywine Museum of Art in the Chester County Press.

Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962.

Learn more. Seashore Trolley Museum’s new Maine Central Model Railroad building is now open year-round. The exhibit is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this winter and spring.

Model train collecting is a hobby that families have shared together over the generations — dating back to the time the popular model train manufacturer, Lionel Corporation, started producing them in ...