Which train set for kids is best? Train sets for kids reach back into the past and span generations. Model railroading is considered one of the great family hobbies. Train sets come in so many shapes ...

Here are some numbers that help explain why jaws drop at the first sight of the model-train set that tech entrepreneur Peter Hambling is having built in the basement of his Medina family home: • The ...

For more than a decade, Rob Caves has invited the public to his Altadena backyard to experience an ever-growing model train universe built by him and his fellow hobbyists in the Christmas Tree Lane ...

As his friends and admirers mark the second anniversary of his death Wednesday, a piece of talk show legend Tom Snyder’s life is now on display for everyone to enjoy. Snyder’s elaborate toy train set ...

Idea person: Glen Rosenbaum, a partner at the law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. Big idea: Showcase history through model train room. Where it came from: In the early '50s, when Rosenbaum was three or four ...

Do you have a favorite childhood toy that has been passed down through your family? I’m lucky to have a wind-up, cast-iron locomotive and tin train set that belonged to my dad. My grandfather, Albert ...

Pushing a small wooden train around a track with one pudgy toddler hand, the sound of a steam engine choo-choo-ing from your mouth. Winding up a music box and holding it to your ear as a mysterious ...