At the Historic Northport Train Depot, the high-pitched whistle of a train blares as the wheels creak and engine chugs ...

The frame of the coffee table includes an outer loop for train storage. Before flipping the model upside-down, the train itself is sent to this siding for safe keeping.

But children had special reason to love trains. “Trains brought everything from visiting relatives to all the goods in town,” says Tony Cook, editor of Model Railroad News.

Orange County Model Engineers — who offer free mini-train rides to the public at Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park — arrived at the depot Wednesday morning to find vandals had stormed the station ...

Bruce Zaccagnino built this 8-mile long train but says he's never ridden a real one. Annie Wermiel/NY Post For nearly five years in the 1990s, Bruce Zaccagnino spent 19 hours each day outfitting ...

The railroad layout was disassembled in Jonesport and relocated to climate-controlled storage units in Kennebunk by Stephan Lamb Associates, a professional model railroad layout moving company.

Swansea's Bill Mason, 86, doesn’t even consider quitting his electric model train business. His knowledge and loyalty are key to Country Train Depot.

The Rio Grande Train Show brings in young ones, families, and an older generation who’s been in this model train business for a long time. The trains come in all different shapes and sizes.

“Setting up a train around the tree is the spark for someone to take those trains off the carpet and start building a model railroad,” Vondrak says. “I got my start in the hobby from a gift ...