Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a treasured birthday present. As the years went on, most of those trains were ...

Mike Flick doesn't remember it, but his mother told him when he was a little boy growing up in the small village of Elida, Ohio, that she used to set him down for hours in front of a model-train set ...

Wye Bridge Hobbies has a massive model railroad inside the store. Everyone is invited to use the layout and to help with its expansion. Beginners welcome!

The 58th annual Railroad Hobby Show will take place this weekend at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield, featuring over 300 exhibitors, 60 full-size model railroads, and ...

Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on ...

This story originally appeared in the December 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. How many of us found something we loved as a young child that we still thoroughly enjoy as an adult? Members of the ...