MANSFIELD, Texas -- A train and three rail cars sit in the tiny shadow of a water tower in Don Hughes' workshop, causing him to smile. "That was the train that started it all," he said, "the train on ...

Even though the Disneyland Railroad has been going in circles for more than six decades, it has come a long way since it debuted in 1955. Walt Disney was always known as a "train guy," his love affair ...

SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...

DANVILLE — Murphy O’Brien points to the trains chugging along the tracks — whistles blowing, steam billowing from the engines — and smiles from ear to ear. Murphy O’Brien is 4. “She loves trains and ...

TULSA, OK -- Model railroading is a year-round hobby, but it takes on a special significance at Christmas time. Hugh Keen of Tulsa is a retired mechanical engineer. Now he's the engineer on his own ...

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...