Other model train shops in San Francisco include Chan's Trains & Hobbies at 2450 Van Ness Ave. and the Hobbies Co. at 5150 Geary Blvd. Only last week, a third store, R.C.Tech at 1745 Taraval St ...

Rick Scribner, with West Coast Model Trains, noted that model railroading is great winter hobby, especially during the rainy season. “It’s cold out, so stay inside and play with your trains ...

“Setting up a train around the tree is the spark for someone to take those trains off the carpet and start building a model railroad,” Vondrak says. “I got my start in the hobby from a gift ...

If you ever find yourself in the Milwaukee area, you may want to take a quick drive north to Butler, Wis., and visit ...

Model train store in Malden says it's the largest in America 02:36. MALDEN - It's a year-round hobby that really shines around the holidays - model trains.

The museum was opened by Molinari and her husband, Louis, fulfilling his dream to have a model train museum. “Since he was young, he was interested in (model trains) as a hobby,” Wendy ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original ...

Justin Murphy, secretary of the Quad City Model Railroad Club, works on the layout Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at Major Art & Hobby in Davenport.

Model train collecting is a hobby that families have shared together over the generations — dating back to the time the popular model train manufacturer, Lionel Corporation, started producing ...

Larry Price started Youth in Model Railroading as a train club just for kids. More than two decades later, the club continues to connect kids with the hobby.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The trains were running today in Dave Feller’s basement. Created in 2009, this sprawling miniature world has brought hundreds of hours of joy to two friends and ...