In his nearly 30 years as chairman, Tom Ratkovich has witnessed many changes to the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club’s Annual Fall Train Show. The Parkersburg native and long-time club member also ...

Years ago, trains were powered with direct current from transformers. Today, HO systems have gone digital. He used to find model train supplies at local hobby shops, but rising costs have caused some ...

Rick Bartko remembers waking up to the sound of the Freedom Train in the late 1940s, blaring its loud horn as it roared by his childhood home. "It woke me out of a deep sleep," he said. "I said 'Woah!

Along with fir trees wrapped in strings of red and candy canes stuffed in long red stockings, toy trains are timeless images associated with Christmas. Earlier this year, a store specializing in those ...

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 ...

The Amherst Railway Society’s 53rd Railroad Hobby Show will fill four buildings and nearly 11 acres of floor space when it arrives at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield Jan. 25 and 26.