Back before air travel and the rise in popularity of automobiles, trains were the country's main source for delivering goods. Families often chose train travel for the holidays and our nation's ...

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 ...

Experience a ride like no other on Bruce Zaccagnino's model train railroad. 'Iron Valley' model railroad scene at Northlandz in Flemington, New Jersey. Adam Rivera/ABC News — -- Less than 90 ...

When Mike Tebolt gave up his paper route, there was another job waiting for him — repairing model railroad trains, working for a train store in his hometown of New Rochelle. That was back in the 1950s ...

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Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962. They are on display in his home near Port Huron and include an operating layout.