What started out as an activity to keep him occupied on a family trip turned into a lifelong passion for Stephen Thein – ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Robert Urquhart loves trains. In fact, the 75-year-old North Kingstown resident owns several model trains and has a set of tracks laid out in his backyard.

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.

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 ...

Veteran hobbyists, with nearly 50 years of wildly popular shows, to present everything from fun and whimsical to realistic and prototypical ...

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic toy trains continue to captivate kids and ...

Iconic model Christmas train maker Lionel Trains celebrates 125 years A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families.

Will Flesch, vice president of the Quad City Model Railroad Club, works on coupling the trains Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at Major Art & Hobby in Davenport. MEG MCLAUGHLIN/ Facebook ...

What model railroaders do. As with any human endeavor, model rail activity, which began in the 1840s, comes with its own language. A crucial set of the railroading terms deal with scale.

Jackson Chapman, 3, of Sequim plays with a model train display during the 22nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet on Saturday at the Home Arts Building at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles.

SULPHUR, La. (KPLC) - Christmas and trains go together like cookies and milk for Santa, that’s why the O-Gauge Model Railroad Club will be running a free model train display this month at the ...