FULL TIME JOB TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS HIS NON PAYING ONE, THE ONE HE’S WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. IT’S A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP WHAT LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S A GREAT ESCAPE FROM THE ...

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 ...

Tiny trains Crystal Lake 'pocket layout' hobbyist creates miniature world with small scale models The biggest part of working with model trains is the smallest part of working with model trains for ...

The beloved model-train layouts in the basement of Union Station have reached the end of the line. Back when two developers were competing for the contract to redevelop the facility, both promised ...

When members of the Four County Society of Model Engineers decided to enter their modular train layout in the largest train show in North America, they expected to have fun. They did not expect to ...

The business park exterior of the Twin City Model Railroad Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota is fairly unremarkable. But once inside, visitors of all ages are in for a magical, immersive experience—the ...

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...

Rapt and in a model train moment all his own, Owen Rash of Tacoma looks over an HO scale model layout during the 2014 Model Train Festival show at the Washington State History Museum. This year’s show ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...