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 ...

In 1960, one item sat atop my Christmas wish list: a model train set. Somehow, Santa got the message. Waiting for me under the tree was a Lionel Trains starter set. It contained a forward-only ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - A local model train group welcomed hundreds of visitors for a free holiday event. The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club hosted its annual Christmas open house Saturday, ...

REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SHOW US HOW THAT TRADITION CONTINUES TO GROW. ALL ABOARD. >> FRANK WICHMANN’S LOVE FOR MODEL TRAINS STARTED WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST TRAIN SET FOR CHRISTMAS. HE WAS ...

Tucked away in a low-slung, cream-colored building in the Eastside neighborhood of El Sereno, a group of train enthusiasts has created an enormous wonderland of tiny trains. The Pasadena Model ...

TRADITION. REPOER:RT HISTORIANS SAY MODEL TRAINS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1891 THEY’RE STILL POPULAR 130 YEARS LATER. THIS ONE IS THE MINIATURE RAILROAD & VILLAGE AT THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER AND IT ...

PARKERSBURG -- An electric train running around the Christmas tree is among many holiday traditions celebrated by area families. The tradition will be celebrated at the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Growing up, Rob Caves remembers there ...

SAVANNAH ― As Christmas curb appeal goes, Don Mathis’ house won’t appear on “The Great Christmas Light Fight” anytime soon. The white lights twinkling from the roofline, shrubbery and a set of wire ...

VAN ALSTYNE, Texas (KTEN) — For nearly three decades, the sound of model trains running under the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree was a beloved tradition for the Thompson family. Now, after ...

Rumbling train tracks and a blaring horn mean that the Crescent Lines are approaching a rural Louisiana town. A chugging freight train comes into view, passes a cluster of cabins in a campsite and ...