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Model Train Fair returns to East Peoria

The Peoria Train Fair drew families, collectors, and rail enthusiasts to Illinois Central College this weekend, offering ...
There’s nothing quite like that feeling of running a “first train” on a new model railroad. Although the scenery is still ...
Sign up for our LI Press email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Trainville Hobby Depot has once again compiled a ...
SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...
Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...
Near Felton, the First State Model Railroad Club is hosting train displays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30. The club’s ...
If you love trains, there’s a local event rolling into town this weekend that you won’t want to miss. The Zane Trace National ...
CROCKETT — Extensive model railroad layouts will be operating and on display to the public during the fourth annual Crockett Railroad Days fom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Two model train clubs ...
EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...
From the art of creating scenery to detailing miniature people that enhance a layout, model train aficionados will gather this weekend to host the ninth annual Model Train Show Saturday and Sunday at ...
In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...
Of the 18 museums in Balboa Park, only one is in a basement. The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is the successor to a rich ...