Concealed in the basement of a downtown Wauconda coffee shop is something that would amaze any child, or adult for that matter — a complete landscaped small-gauge train layout, with familiar sites and ...

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 ...

For one day on Saturday, hundreds of visitors in La Grange got a chance to take a peek into the past at the annual All American Railroad Show, a sprawling display of bustling downtowns, classic cars ...

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Thousands of model train enthusiasts once again made the pilgrimage to West Springfield for the “Railroad Hobby Show” put on by the Amherst Railway Society. Big trains, little trains, diesel, freight ...