Retail entrepreneur F.W. Woolworth began importing miniature villages from Europe and selling them in his U.S. dime stores in the 1890s. At that time, “toy trains were simple wood or metal ...

Lovers of model trains eagerly walk through their doors. "When people put up a Christmas tree, they always want to put a train up around it," said Jack Cohen, owner of SW Randall Toyes & Gifts ...