Every holiday season, Christmas Tree Lane turns into a must stop destination for model train lovers, all thanks to one man ...

Railroad displays at Christmastime evoke an American era in which trains brought relatives, holiday gifts and childhood ...

It's the little details that make everything so much fun about the hobby ... One of his favorite set pieces is Union Station — a place that cemented his passion for trains.

“I got my start in the hobby from a gift of a train set when I was 5 years old. My interest just snowballed from there.” It often starts with “My dad gave me a Lionel train, which we put ...

Growing up, Rob Caves remembers there was always a train set under his family Christmas ... that make everything so much fun about the hobby." In Orange County, one of the highlights along the ...

It's just part of the Christmas genre." Artcraft Toy Trains expects to clear their backlog of repairs by spring. They say if you notice any issue with your set, don’t wait until next Christmas to ...

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These are starter sets aimed at kids and families. According to an interview I did with Howard Hitchcock, Lionel’s CEO, “we are trying to engage families … with a lower price point.” I realize that a ...

As a little boy, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. “When I saw that I fell in love with trains.” ...

A model train snakes around it and is complete with ... to the area and joined the Ann Arbor Model Railroad club that his hobby morphed into something bigger. His collection is relatively modest ...

The first year he installed one train on an 8-foot-by-4-foot board, adding with a sly grin, that (his hobby) has “kind of grown since then.” Now Mathis’ set up has lots of extras ...