It has always been, and will always be, July 10, 1975 in Ralph S. DeBlasi’s basement. The basement, which DeBlasi of Camden County refers to as his “time machine,” is home to his prototype model ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club held an open house Saturday in memory of late founder Louie Creel. Creel’s son, Brendan Creel, allowed the MOVMRC to showcase Creel’s H-scale caboose train.

Many model railroaders have the mindset of looking at items not for what they are but what they might become. I count myself ...

♪ >> PETER DOES WORK A FULL-TIME JOB SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS IS NONPAYING ONE, THE ONE HE HAS WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. >> IT IS A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP THE LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S ...

Railroad enthusiasts are getting a return trip this year to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. In addition to the annual Railroad Hobby Show held there each year in January by the ...

Invariably, playing with toy trains, like collecting dolls or miniature cars, is something you're expected to grow out of -- just don't try telling that to Gerald McClellan. Every morning over coffee ...

Known as “The Train Lady,” North Barrington resident Elaine Silets is the owner and operator of the Harvey M. Silets Memorial O-Scale Model Railroad Museum, which is named after her late husband. The ...

Multiple generations of adults can vividly recall waking up on Christmas morning to find a model railroad train set circling around the holiday tree. The allure of model trains followed the growth of ...