A train enthusiast has spent five years building a fully working miniature railway in his back garden. James Ardin, 36, from ...

ULYANOVKA, Russia -- For Pavel Chilin, building his own railway was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. It took the 62-year-old electrical engineer more than 10 years to build a 383-yard-long narrow ...

The miniature steam locomotive donated by Phil and Geda Condit to the Museum of the American Railroad is on display at the Frisco Heritage Museum. Jason Janik / Special Contributor FRISCO — The steam ...

“A steam train!” a young boy exclaimed, shaking his hands with wild enthusiasm. “Look at that one!” He sat cross-legged on the ground in the backyard of Alan and Nola Olsen, literally shaking with ...

Here’s the thing: America’s largest miniature train circuit isn’t a theme-park ride, it’s a landscape-scale hobbyist railroad built and maintained by people who treat railroading like a craft. Train ...

You never know what impact a small gesture of encouragement may have on a child. Take Patrick Duling, 43, whose childhood love of trains has become both a career and a calling. Duling first visited ...

Barbara Aitken shouted to her elementary school students, “Guys, get off the bridge! The train’s coming!” The kids were seated on a wooden trestle bridge, dangling their legs over the sides, as a ...

ULYANOVKA, Russia — For Pavel Chilin, building his own railway was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. It took the 62-year-old electrical engineer more than 10 years to build a 350-meter ...