"My plan is to never finish, and I'm right on schedule," joked Bob Ford about the HO-Scale model train layout he's building in the basement of his home in The Waterfront in Franklin County. Ford does ...

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...

From the art of creating scenery to detailing miniature people that enhance a layout, model train aficionados will gather this weekend to host the ninth annual Model Train Show Saturday and Sunday at ...

Ask Mike Rowe how many feet of track he has in the room he had built for his model train layout. “Maybe 1,000 feet,” he guessed as trains rolled around multiple tables, through tunnels and over a ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...

GRAND MEADOW — Wheels chug into motion. Steam pumps through model cylinders. A “piercing” bell switches tracks to “whistle talk.” It’s Wednesday morning train time with the Rail Runners Model Railroad ...