It’s the time of year for gift giving (and gift getting). For some of us, Christmas recalls a time when a tiny electric train ran around the tree on a bumpy carpet, never quite as beautiful as it was ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s Christmas Open House will be held from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Saturday in the basement of NOE Office Equipment, 610 Green St., Parkersburg. Prize drawings for “Polar ...

For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...

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. When you think of ...

Concealed in the basement of a downtown Wauconda coffee shop is something that would amaze any child, or adult for that matter — a complete landscaped small-gauge train layout, with familiar sites and ...

Love affairs with trains typically begin like this: A tyke watching in awe as a Lionel train set choo choos around a Christmas tree. Fast forward some number of decades, and you have John Campbell, ...

Some of Lancaster County’s most elaborate model train sets have light shows, combine multiple-gauge trains and show real and made-up towns. The holiday season is the only time to see most of them. The ...