Those of you who were not alive in the 1950s may be connected to toy trains through Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas revived train toy sales that had rapidly declined beginning in the 1960s. The decade ...

They say there’s nothing like a boy and his toys, even if the “boy” is a retired neurologist. Dr. Charles Kaufman’s toys are electric trains, which he has loved since he was a young child. “In the ...

As a boy, Lawrence Scripps Wilkinson played with electric trains. As a man, Wilkinson, a 1950 graduate of Yale College, still plays with electric trains. Wilkinson presides over an unparalleled ...

This clockwork train represents an era before the advent of electrical and electronic toys. It comes from a time when trains were considered exciting and small boys collected train numbers and hoped ...

The Mendocino Coast Model Railroad and Historical Society is a must-do event for locals and visitors to the coast.