San Luis Obispo obstetrician Bernd Schumacher has a one-track mind when it comes to trains. He recently was named the new Guinness World Records holder for the largest collection of model trains with ...

HAMBURG, Germany--Sure, Miniatur Wunderland is the world's largest collection of model trains, but to describe it that way would do it a serious injustice. What it really is is a beyond-belief ...

Facing the loss of its longtime home, Napa’s miniature railroad may get at least a temporary landing spot – with help from a full-size railroad. Members of the Napa Valley Model Railroad Historical ...

About 3,000 railroad ties are held down by about 10,000 screws. A Howell Township miniature train enthusiast has spent countless hours over the last six years building a 800-foot track for his ...

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 ...

Seventy-eight-year-old Jerry (Mitch) Michnewicz is making tracks. The east Cobb model train enthusiast, a member of the Piedmont Division of National Model Railroad Association, enjoys building and ...

I have seen some small models, but this train set has to be the smallest I have ever seen. About five times the width of a ballpoint pen tip, this set comes complete with mountains, tunnel, and trees.

A vast collection of miniature train name plates have been bought by two professional locomotive model makers. Former GP Gillie Hay did not know what to do with the thousands of intricate metal signs ...

The holiday season is upon us, brightened by decorations peeking onto the streets from house windows and adorning front lawns, lighting up storefronts and public spaces. Twinkling lights, greenery and ...

Jay and Carolyn Buffenmyer of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, are dismantling their intricate model train display, built over 56 years, and donating proceeds to charity.

ANAHEIM – The Great Train Expo rolled into the Anaheim Convention Center over the weekend, when nearly 10,000 model train enthusiasts and curious visitors gathered to see miniature trains and ...

MANY TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS DREAM OF DRIVING A REAL TRAIN, BUT THEY CAN’T. SO THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO PRETEND BY OPERATING A TRAIN AND A LIFE IMITATING MODEL RAILROAD EXHIBIT. AND WHAT BETTER TIME TO ...