Model Railroading News

November 29, 2009, 7:11 AM / Charles Neumann's love affair with trains began in the mid-1930s when, as a youngster, he walked a block from his home in the Bailey- Walden neighborhood to watch as locomotives chugged into a repair yard.

This 2005 image supplied by the New York Botanical Garden shows an oncoming model train with a Yankee baseball symbol on one of the cars at the garden's annual Holiday Train Show in the Bronx.

Kids aren't interested in model trains, you say? Sure couldn't prove it by the throngs of families pouring into one of the exhibition buildings at the Puyallup fairgrounds last weekend.

The clickety-clack of railroad cars over a stretch of track is the perfect cure for insomnia, says Joaquin Holloway - and the great part is, you need not live near a rail line.

Best-selling author, journalist, and entertainment executive Hooman Majd will speak Dec.

Frank Schaller joked that boys abandon their model train collections when they discover girls and fast cars, but return to the hobby after they endure several years of marriage.

The Delaware SeaSide Railroad Club will display operating O and S gauge layouts and other interesting items regarding toy trains and the model railroading hobby.

Two American Flyer trains: a 1950 5002T Circus, top, and a K5334T Silver Comet Passenger from 1953.

Hundreds of Model trains are rolling in to Huntington this weekend. The Appalachian Model Railroad Society kicked off it's 52nd annual show at the Veteran's Memorial Field House Friday.

I was at Union Station last weekend, enjoying the model trains weaving around the extensive set-up in the lobby, when I noticed some familiar faces among the exhibit's tiny populace.

Tony Johnson's fascination with trains started with "chugga-chugga choo-choo" and a wind-up toy train his mother gave him when he was 4 years old.

It's time to chug on into town for the Glen Rock Hose and Ladder Company's 21st annual model train display.

Henderson Elementary PTCO will hold its Holiday Shop on Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fun Services will provide items for children of all ages to purchase for family and friends, with assistance from elf helpers.

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Two of my acquaintances -- Leighton School physical education teacher Mike DeMay and Hudson Hub-Times editor Bill Hammerstrom -- occasionally talk about growing up in Mentor.

The cars at Allentown's America on Wheels Museum are getting some company. An extensive model train layout now winds its way around the exhibits.

The B&O Railroad Station Museum in Ellicott City will display its annual Holiday Model Train Exhibit Nov.

EAST LANSING - The time A.J. Lehnert spent chopping wood for his grandpa paid off for the 9-year-old. A.J. was able to use some of his hard-earned money Sunday on parts for the model train he's building with his dad and brothers.

Dale Ridgeway takes a trip back to 1964 West Virginia every time he steps into his basement.

The Lake County Model Railroad Club shows off its trains at the group's Fall Open House in Wauconda.