PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — In Pinellas Park, there's an age-old business that not only survived the pandemic but grew stronger because of it. Like the real-life steel titans, their models are made to ...

KINGSTON, N.Y.– Crowds of young and not-so-young enthusiasts poured through the doors of the Midtown Neighborhood Center Sunday eager to find out what’s new — and old — in the world of model ...

From early department store exclusives to modern built-to-order engines, custom runs have become an integral part of the model train hobby. Makers like Lionel, MTH, and LGB now offer limited, preorder ...

POCATELLO — An admittedly older crowd hovered over model train tracks at the Union Pacific building No. 59 in Old Town Pocatello on Saturday during a Pocatello Model Railroad and Historical Society ...

Custom-run model trains—special editions produced for specific retailers, clubs, or organizations—are becoming a major segment of the hobby, with companies like MTH and Lionel reporting significant ...

It’s train week at Somerset Academy of Las Vegas, 7038 Sky Pointe Drive. Second-graders in their pajamas talk excitedly among themselves outside one of the classrooms of their public charter school ...

GOSHEN — Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a treasured birthday present. As the years went on, most of those ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...

WEBVTT PITTSBURGHERS. REPORTER: A TRAIN SET UNDER THE TREE AT CHRISTMAS. IT'S A TRADITION MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. >> OH YEAH. WE HAD A TRAIN SET GROWING UP. STILL HAVE IT IN FACT MY BASEMENT.