For many people, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a toy train set, the whir of the wheels on the tracks, the lights and whistles and steam. And then when the new year rolls around, and the ...

"There are no bad train days." That's how collector Craig Chidester feels when he escapes down to his basement and spends time with his electric trains. The 56-year-old Westmont resident is an avid ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — ON A CHRISTMAS long ago, Ken Hammer slipped a gift under the family tree he felt sure would delight his two young children: a German-made electric train set, complete with a ...

WINSTED — I recently read a story of a hobby shop in Winsted that was closing its doors. Sadly, this is not an uncommon event in the hobby shop business these days. Although that particular closing ...