Model Railroading News

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.

CARL E. FEATHER / Star Beacon THIS MODEL railroad layout was built by Lawson Stevenson during the past three decades.

After working for a month as a volunteer setting up more than 250 feet of toy train tracks, placing tiny trees and arranging people into scenes of times gone by, John Lange got his reward Saturday.

Photos by Greg Kendall-Ball/Special to the Reporter-News. Rick Dobbins inspects one of the model trains on display at the Model Railroad Open House on Saturday afternoon.

Trains were riding around the Expo Buiding in Sioux Falls this weekend. The Sioux Valley Model Engineers Society is sponsoring its annual Trains At Christmas 2009 Swap Meet and Model Train Exposition.

The signs are up in Devou Park for the 18th Annual Holiday Toy Train at Behringer-Crawford Museum.

At holiday time, trains whiz through Richard Kloewer's yard, past the lighted evergreen trees, dolls, teddy bears, even a miniature Harley Davidson display.

Rob Schiavone, of Carol Stream, oversees the performance of two trains as they cross over a doorway in the Heritage N-Trak Group model train display at Morris Area Public Library on Wednesday.

Don Roder found his fountain of youth while playing with a model train set as a small boy in the 1930's. "I enjoy it.

Thanksgiving is a week away, but holiday train displays already are arriving in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.