Two years ago, Randy Hackman and his father, Kenneth, set out to create the second-largest outdoor model railroad that's open to the public. They overshot their goal. "We are definitely the world's ...

A waterfall trickling into a lily pond sets the scene for the landscaped miniature world that Beitler created. A small village overlooks a valley and the pond where a pair of partially submerged ...

On this train line, one car is dedicated to Mark Oles’ family, another is lined with photos of his wife Mary Beth’s family, and a third is dedicated to the couple on their wedding day. Elsewhere, ...

COLLINSVILLE — As the trains come around the bend, there is a good chance that a child’s face is there to greet them at the Great Train Expo. Model train enthusiasts young and old flocked to the ...

When Robin Claxton was seven years old, his father built him and his little brother a model train layout with a 4’ by 8’ sheet of plywood and some old tracks and engines at the family’s home in Sharon ...