In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

Reporting from East CountyReporting from East County — A train is making its way from Alpine to Campo, but how it’s getting there and why is a little off the beaten track. Roy Athey’s full-sized, ...

Forget about working on the railroad all the live long day. A group of North Side men has passed some 17 years constructing an intricate infrastructure only 1/87th actual size. A model railroad ...

Markus Maas was just a child when he built his first model train layout, trying to cram his HO-gauge set into a small, already crowded Swiss apartment. But in the years that followed, he abandoned his ...