For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...

TRADITION. REPOER:RT HISTORIANS SAY MODEL TRAINS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1891 THEY’RE STILL POPULAR 130 YEARS LATER. THIS ONE IS THE MINIATURE RAILROAD & VILLAGE AT THE CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER AND IT ...

REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SHOW US HOW THAT TRADITION CONTINUES TO GROW. ALL ABOARD. >> FRANK WICHMANN’S LOVE FOR MODEL TRAINS STARTED WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST TRAIN SET FOR CHRISTMAS. HE WAS ...

LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) — A lot of people have fond memories of train sets circling their family’s Christmas tree and many others keep that locomotive tradition going. Now, there’s a new tradition taking ...

A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary. When you think of ...

In 1960, one item sat atop my Christmas wish list: a model train set. Somehow, Santa got the message. Waiting for me under the tree was a Lionel Trains starter set. It contained a forward-only ...

HANOVER, Pa. — The holidays are upon us, and there's plenty to do and see across central Pennsylvania for those in the festive spirit! The Greater Hanover Area Fire Museum and the Hanover Area ...

Model trains remind many people of Christmas as a child and for one local organization, that nostalgia lasts year-round. The Arizona Big Trains Operators will hold its annual Christmas Open House tour ...

Some of Lancaster County’s most elaborate model train sets have light shows, combine multiple-gauge trains and show real and made-up towns. The holiday season is the only time to see most of them. The ...

SULPHUR, La. (KPLC) - Christmas and trains go together like cookies and milk for Santa, that’s why the O-Gauge Model Railroad Club will be running a free model train display this month at the ...

EL PASO, Texas - With the holidays chugging into full swing, what better way to get into the spirit than by seeing a display of model trains decorated for Christmas? The Sunflower Bank’s Holiday Model ...

Christmas gardens, with their whistling and chugging trains that wound their way through miniature rural country villages, tunnels and snowy landscapes until arriving in the city, are still an ...