AVON LAKE — For Ray Litten, model trains are more than just a business. In the back warehouse of Uncle Ray’s Trains, 32961 Pin Oak Parkway, Avon Lake, the faint and pleasant smell of liquid smoke ...

When catching public transport, it’s very helpful if the bus or train in question has a large display indicating the route or destination. While many transit lines now rely on flipdot or LED displays, ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

Astrid Buss, 2, of Mill Valley and other young volunteers paint sections of a life sized model of the historic No. 9 locomotive at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard in Mill Valley on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.

For Bob Davey of Valparaiso browsing the tables of model train engines, cars and components Saturday at the 3rd annual Thanksgiving Weekend Model Train Show was a trip down memory lane. “When I was a ...

Eric Bauer shows some of his model train engines which are detailed almost exactly like the real thing. He has a set of yellow Union Pacific engines hooked to his cars and he is holding a CN, Canadian ...

DANVILLE — From a 3-year-old boy’s wonderment to a college grad’s best excuse to hang out with kids to a 66-year-old computer hacker dude’s delight, model trains are a multigenerational treat. At the ...

Harry Buhler showed children how to run a model train around a track. Eliza Empey, 8, backed up the train and then raced it around the rails past a model train station with tiny people on benches. Her ...

Outside the hangar, the morning sun bounced off polished chrome as families wandered between rows of gleaming classic cars. Inside, the air buzzed with excitement, the low hum of model train engines, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Show here is a model train display of a Clinchfield coal train switching out at the Black Diamond Mine at St. Paul, Virginia. The ...

While many small businesses were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Pasowicz, owner of EngineHouse Services of Green Bay, says his business is getting back on track. “The 10-week shutdown almost ...