AVON LAKE — For Ray Litten, model trains are more than just a business. In the back warehouse of Uncle Ray’s Trains, 32961 Pin Oak Parkway, Avon Lake, the faint and pleasant smell of liquid smoke ...

When catching public transport, it’s very helpful if the bus or train in question has a large display indicating the route or destination. While many transit lines now rely on flipdot or LED displays, ...

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For Bob Davey of Valparaiso browsing the tables of model train engines, cars and components Saturday at the 3rd annual Thanksgiving Weekend Model Train Show was a trip down memory lane. “When I was a ...

Jeff Jamison still has the first model train engine he received when he was 6 or 7. "It was a little Tyco diesel engine," he said, that his father gave him. Like most model-railroading hobbyists, ...

Dean Walker said he's ready to let go of the model train village he has been developing for decades at his home in Bethel.

Outside the hangar, the morning sun bounced off polished chrome as families wandered between rows of gleaming classic cars.

Astrid Buss, 2, of Mill Valley and other young volunteers paint sections of a life sized model of the historic No. 9 locomotive at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard in Mill Valley on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.

BLISSFIELD — The Blissfield Model Railroad Club will open its doors to the public for the final time this weekend during its 2021-22 schedule of open houses and layout tours this weekend. The railroad ...

Harry Buhler showed children how to run a model train around a track. Eliza Empey, 8, backed up the train and then raced it around the rails past a model train station with tiny people on benches. Her ...