Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...

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Charles Lester III knew from a very early age that his grandfather’s seven-foot wooden model of a steam locomotive was something to be looked at, not played with. “My father used to pile things up in ...

A train buff’s stunning collection of model steam engines that he used to drive around his back garden is set to sell for £250,000. The late Jack Salem was a steam train enthusiast and over a 40-year ...

In the fictional town of Franklin, residents are soon to get new buildings with working electrical lights and a marquee sign for their local theater. The village, loosely based on Frederick in the ...

The LMS "Crab" and LMS Class 7F are considered rare models Two "rare and highly sought-after" model locomotives have sold for £7,000 each at a Leicestershire auction. The models were sold to a private ...

NAGOYA -- A life-sized cardboard mockup of a C62 steam locomotive has been assembled in the lobby of Chukyo TV Broadcasting Co. in this city's Nakamura Ward as a part of a railway event running Nov. 2 ...

"It's losing speed here," Craig Coble says, gesturing at the rail as an Amtrak train whizzes by. Coble leans in and crimps the joints between a few segments of track. The next time the train passes, ...