Trains and tracks are found in many childhood toy boxes and are a source of delight for young and old. From Lionel classics to today’s Thomas the Train collections, railroads provide more than ...

The Columbus Garden Railway Society’s free annual self-guided tour of 22 backyard garden railroads will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. next Sunday. • Back-in-Time Railroad, 2791 Alder Vista Dr., Minerva ...

Train fans can crisscross the greater Portland area to see engines chugging through tunnels, across bridges and on trestles elevated over rivers with flowing water at 13 different railroad layouts ...

An old Western town has taken over Gary and Jonette Lee's backyard. Tiny Baker City, with its barbershop, cabins and stores, is part of a development crisscrossed by train tracks. Chugging through ...

Gail and Jerry Klink have traveled the world over, but their backyard offers an escape found nowhere else. T here, visitors will find Disney World, an American Indian encampment, a German mountain ...

There’s nothing like an intricate model train display to transport you to another time in a magical place. Take the front yard of the foothills home of John Carmichael and Philip Pappas. The Tucsonans ...

Nick and Bonnie Roark pose with their grandson, Kyle Hobbs, 5, in their garden railway in Augusta on Wednesday. (Sept. 6, 2017) Fernando Salazar The Wichita Eagle The train gives a whistle and starts ...