But in 2005, the first year their display was part of the annual Columbus Garden Railway Society tour, they learned that one feature of their layout is indispensable. Thomas the Tank Engine.

Lind will be showcasing his layout at 3680 Country Road 324 in Navasota from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 12 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 13. For more information on the tour and the other layout ...

Dale Desser, of Erie, doesn't want visitors to simply watch his spectacular model railroad. He invites people to operate it.

Tickets for the Ligonier Rail Road Association's model train tour cost $20 for adults, $5 for children age 15 or younger. They will be sold through May 11 and are limited to 300.

Lyle Dumont and his wife, Helen, share a laugh as they look over the new 40-by-90 foot Lionel model train layout at their Dumont Museum south of Sigourney. Photo was taken Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.

Seven stops, three of them new additions, are on the itinerary for the Ligonier Rail Road Association’s May 18 tour of local model railroad layouts. The association operates a rail museum in the ...

The model train layout has taken longer than anticipated to complete. But the finished exhibit — with a few surprises still to be announced — will be well worth the wait, LaPrelle said.

A producer saw the layout and wanted it featured in a 2022 Christmas movie on the GAC channel. This will be a chance to see the model train in person. A model train set will be raffled that day.

Many years later, Steve took his passion for trains and created a 2,500 square foot G-scale layout in the upstairs room of his Dallas home.

Train fans and garden appreciators can crisscross the greater Portland area to see compact engines chugging through tunnels, across bridges and on trestles at 14 different model railroad layouts ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday, the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club kicked off their open house for the 2023 year. The club said it has been hard at work all spring and summer, and is excited ...