Lovers of model trains eagerly walk through their doors. "When people put up a Christmas tree, they always want to put a train up around it," said Jack Cohen, owner of SW Randall Toyes & Gifts ...

The model trains are running on Fridays from 6-9 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sundays from 12-5 p.m. through the end of the year. Entrance is free.

Model railroad magazines, social media and the internet can help you connect, do research and share resources. “You hear myths that the hobby is dying out, and that’s simply not true ...

A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary.

Retail entrepreneur F.W. Woolworth began importing miniature villages from Europe and selling them in his U.S. dime stores in the 1890s. At that time, “toy trains were simple wood or metal ...