It all started with a few trains, a couple of plastic houses, and a big lawn. Eight years later, Richard and Connie Banko have about nine different locomotives, 40 cars, about 60 hand-crafted wooden ...

Trains and tracks are found in many childhood toy boxes and are a source of delight for young and old. From Lionel classics to today’s Thomas the Train collections, railroads provide more than ...

Photo credit: The Long Island Garden Railway Society. The Long Island Garden Railway Society (LIGRS) will have beautiful and enchanting model trains and displays at Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's sixth annual Garden Railways Tour will take place Sunday, Oct. 7. This self-guided tour of nine private garden railways features displays of operating model ...

Joe Sommer knows most of you have never heard of the Puget Sound Garden Railway Society, so try this: Picture the model train you or your brother had as a kid. Pump it up so the cars are eight to 10 ...

Doug Mayes’ love of garden railroads started innocently enough: with a model train that went around his Christmas tree. “After Christmas I didn’t want to put it away, so I made it bigger in our rec ...

On this train line, one car is dedicated to Mark Oles’ family, another is lined with photos of his wife Mary Beth’s family, and a third is dedicated to the couple on their wedding day. Elsewhere, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Stop look and listen, the Holiday Garden Railway is coming through! In its 19th year at the Morris Arboretum, watch precious cargo being carried along the twinkling tracks and ...

The Holiday Garden Railway will open for the season on Nov. 25 at Morris Arboretum. The tiny trains and village peppered with miniature Philly landmarks will be decorated festively for the holiday. It ...