For many people, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a toy train set, the whir of the wheels on the tracks, the lights and whistles and steam. And then when the new year rolls around, and the ...

"There are no bad train days." That's how collector Craig Chidester feels when he escapes down to his basement and spends time with his electric trains. The 56-year-old Westmont resident is an avid ...

The Amherst Railway Society’s 53rd Railroad Hobby Show will fill four buildings and nearly 11 acres of floor space when it arrives at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield Jan. 25 and 26.

Model trains are a serious hobby for three Willow Valley residents. George Baile, Chuck Jones and Don "Santa Claus" Williams spend many hours of their time working with the model train display at ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD Mass. (WWLP) – The annual Railroad Hobby Show rolled into the Big E fairgrounds this weekend. 22News climbed aboard to see just who the train-enthusiasts are. Many train-lovers came ...

More than a century after they were invented, toy trains remain popular Christmas toys. Showing a Lionel train set in motion with smoke and train sounds at the Pittston Train Shop, owner John Merlino ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) — Thousands of railroad enthusiasts traveled to the Eastern States Exposition on Sunday for the very popular Annual Railroad Hobby Show. Model trains may sound like a ...