In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

DANVILLE — Murphy O’Brien points to the trains chugging along the tracks — whistles blowing, steam billowing from the engines — and smiles from ear to ear. Murphy O’Brien is 4. “She loves trains and ...

Rapt and in a model train moment all his own, Owen Rash of Tacoma looks over an HO scale model layout during the 2014 Model Train Festival show at the Washington State History Museum. This year’s show ...

EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...

The image generates cozy and nostalgic thoughts: a miniature train chugging among snow-covered houses underneath a Christmas tree. Perhaps you don’t have a model train layout as part of your holiday ...