We're now engaged." According to George, he spent eight years building the 200-foot-long model, which recreates a 1.5-mile-long stretch of real train tracks located in West Yorkshire.

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

“Setting up a train around the tree is the spark for someone to take those trains off the carpet and start building a model railroad,” Vondrak says. “I got my start in the hobby from a gift ...

The basement of Union Station has been home to two model train clubs for many years. In an effort to renovate the building and to create a safe environment for future patrons, we must ask these ...

Some people collect model trains. Others might go out and take pictures of real ones or travel just to ride them. And Jason Shron of Vaughan, Ontario built a life-size replica of one in his ...

THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A DISPLAY OUT OF TRAIN MUSEUM, BUT IT’S NOT. THIS MODEL TRAIN SET IS INSIDE RENE AND NANCY HARMS CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP HOME. >> IT TOOK OFF INTO TAKING OVER OUR WHOLE BASEMENT ...

Actually, the model railroad is in the basement of my Appleton home. Over the last 16 years I have built an N Scale (1:160) U-shaped, walk-in layout designed by Neenah architect and model railroad ...

January 23, 2011 / 3:05 PM EST / CBS While plenty of people dabble with model trains . . . a fellow outside Philadelphia pursues his hobby with a one-track mind. Martha Teichner has a ticket to ride: ...

The centerpiece of the West Island Model Railroad, located in Hicksville, is the incredibly detailed Allentown, Pennsylvania train station. Compare the model to the actual station, pictured in 1960.

Dave Maher shows off a portion of the world of model trains he created in his Londonderry basement. LONDONDERRY — Trains seem to run in Dave Maher’s family.

Model railroading is holding its own, with about 20,000 members in the NMRA, said Walt Gabehart, who has a model railroad in the basement of his Springfield home.

Model train enthusiasts to open their Gloucester County homes to guests Updated: Nov. 02, 2010, 7:06 a.m. | Published: Nov. 02, 2010, 6:06 a.m.