Dale Desser, of Erie, doesn't want visitors to simply watch his spectacular model railroad. He invites people to operate it.

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But children had special reason to love trains. “Trains brought everything from visiting relatives to all the goods in town,” says Tony Cook, editor of Model Railroad News.

The Greater Cincinnati Modular Railroad Association will share its love of model trains with the community at Spooky Nook in Hamilton.

In non-model train speak, he explained, think of one scale mile as "if you were a tiny figure on the layout, and you walked 30 miles on the layout." Basically, a lot.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – One of Staten Island’s longest standing and most venerable clubs needs a new meeting place. The Staten Island Society of Model Railroaders, first chartered in 1956, had ...

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In the end, according to Ed Van Leer, a model railroader then living in Rochester who participated in the construction of Model Railroad Heaven, Lionel donated about $5,000 worth of equipment.

The McKeesport Model Railroad Club is a holiday tradition, with 2,200 square feet of displays to explore. Many people who visited as kids now bring their grandchildren.