Here are some numbers that help explain why jaws drop at the first sight of the model-train set that tech entrepreneur Peter Hambling is having built in the basement of his Medina family home: • The ...

APPLETON - If you’ve been to Pierce Park or Jefferson School, you’ve glimpsed my model railroad. If you’ve been to the History Museum at the Castle, you’ve walked where my little people walk. If ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Christmas, including Santa Claus and his flying reindeer, runs right on schedule in the Meiers Corners household where James Westgate spends two weeks assembling the elaborate ...

When engineer Gary Brown designed his house in Brooklyn Center 20 years ago, he had to overcome one tricky requirement. There could be no plumbing running through the exterior walls, he explains, "so ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - ELTINGVILLE - Though Al Palma retired from the city Transit Authority more than 10 years ago, he continues to have trains on the brain. The Eltingville resident and Brooklyn ...

LONDONDERRY — Trains seem to run in Dave Maher’s family. He met his wife, Deborah, when he gave up his seat to an older woman on the MBTA Green Line — and asked her out when they happened to meet ...

NAPOLEON TWP., MI - It was another successful year for John and Karol Morris' model train display open house. Every year since 2001, the Morrises have welcomed the public into their Napoleon Township ...

For Milford resident Gabe Fitzsimmons, model trains are a thread running through four generations of his family, connecting ...

GALESBURG -- Follow Steve Phillips, 70, into his basement and at first you'll see what you expect, a dark and dingy space. But then he opens a set of double doors, flips on the lights, and you're ...

TRADITION. REPOER:RT HISTORIANS SAY MODEL TRAINS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1891 THEY’RE STILL POPULAR 130 YEARS LATER. THIS ONE IS THE MINIATURE RAILROAD & VILLAGE AT THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER AND IT ...

It might appear to just be the boiler room insie 28 Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge, but behind a door lies a massive model railroad layout that takes up the whole room. It's the headquarters of the Bay ...