TOPPENISH, Wash. - A Toy Train Christmas, which was still being put together last week when I visited, will bring as many as 5,000 visitors to the Northern Pacific Railway Museum over the next three ...

Mr. and Mrs. Claus greet 18-month-old Micah Lampman and his parents, Ralph and Noriko, on the way to the Northern Pacific Railway Museum's "North Pole" during the Toy Train Christmas event in ...

When you think of Christmas, you might picture a model train looping around a Christmas tree, and there's a good chance the train is made by Lionel. The company is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

Back before air travel and the rise in popularity of automobiles, trains were the country's main source for delivering goods. Families often chose train travel for the holidays and our nation's ...

Did you know that model railroads are nearly as old as rail travel itself? America's first passenger and freight line, The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was founded in 1827. By the 1860s, wooden and ...