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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 ...

SEATTLE — In the Holler Lake neighborhood, a Seattle man's passion project is picking up steam. Manny Reale has brought to life a realistic model train town in his yard. He shares this niche hobby ...

I met Rob Caves three weeks ago as a guy who had built a giant toy train layout with his buddies behind his Altadena home on Christmas Tree Lane. The model train club invites the public into their ...