It is also home to an airfield for remote-controlled model gliders and a model train. ... Gliders began flying regularly at the park in the mid-1960s and the model trains began rolling in 1985.

Interest in model trains has varied over decades, even during Christmas. Since the 1950s, television, slot cars, plastic models and other diversions have diluted the attraction of model trains.

A Long Island model railroad club is all aboard for its largest-sized open house yet. The group spent 16 months crafting a 6,500-square-foot display from scratch, placed alongside an iconic, blood ...

The trains went into storage since Erhardt was no longer able to devote time to the hobby. “At that point I had two engines, quite a few cars and a lot of track,” Erhardt said.

Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962. They are on display in his home near Port Huron and include an operating layout.

The McKeesport Model Railroad Club is a holiday tradition, with 2,200 square feet of displays to explore. Many people who visited as kids now bring their grandchildren.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — All aboard for the Bluegrass Model Railroad Club's third year of educating and selling model trains and their set-ups at the Oleika Shriners Temple in Lexington.