ELLENSBURG, Wash. – At first, Jim Pendley just wanted to build a replica of two Northern California railroad bridges that he traveled over in the heart of the scenic Sierra Nevada in the mid-1980s as ...

SPENCER, Iowa n- What began as one man's love of model trains has grown into a display of spectacular interest, drawing thousands of visitors annually to the Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer. The ...

In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

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, ...