A caboose brings up the rear of a train. (Photo by Art Smith) A group of historical amusement park steam engines continue to work building up steam and doing what they were designed to do, haul people ...

The Amherst Railway Society’s 53rd Railroad Hobby Show will fill four buildings and nearly 11 acres of floor space when it arrives at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield Jan. 25 and 26.

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

Reggie McGee watched the third train rumble past in less than an hour. It curved north at the “diamond,” where tracks cross east to west and north to south, taking a well-used route between Pittsburgh ...

John Lasseter is talking about trains; and for the entire conversation, he sounds like a kid again. The artistic catalyst for Pixar Animation Studio, who directed “Toy Story” and “Cars” and is now the ...

WINSTED — I recently read a story of a hobby shop in Winsted that was closing its doors. Sadly, this is not an uncommon event in the hobby shop business these days. Although that particular closing ...

Gaze at the faces of families riding the steam trains at Berkeley’s Tilden Park, and it’s difficult to tell who’s more excited – the youngsters boarding the Redwood Valley Railway cars or the gleeful ...