They trained over a year for this. A Long Island model train club is all aboard for its largest-sized open house, having spent 16 months crafting a 6,500-square-foot display — placed alongside ...

A Western Pacific freight passes the logging section in this section of the Humboldt Bay and Eureka Model Railroad Club setup. (Photo by Joseph Oliver) ...

This year, folks will notice the improved logging section built by member Lee Brunskill. Also featured will be Bill Helwer-Carlson and his Spokane, Portland and Seattle trains.

Garden trains are outside and are the largest size of model trains. Kloes enjoys garden railways because she also loves to garden and modeled hers after logging trains in West Virginia.

Open in new tab Kalmbach Publishing Company, producers of an online source for rail-related information, where you can discover model trains, toy trains, garden trains and even real trains.

Railroad displays at Christmastime evoke an American era in which trains brought relatives, holiday gifts and childhood memories to town.

Members of the West Pasco Model Railroad Association move efficiently, arranging four corners and numerous straight pieces into position.

It features a wrecked train dangling over a bridge and toy people — one of them dressed in a bathing suit, a swim cap and goggles — standing on its shell, looking down at the water below.

Central Operating Lines, 50A Carlough Rd., Bohemia, 631-563-0173, coltrains.com. O Gauge model railroad featuring four mainlines, an elevated transit line, a logging line and a below ground subway.

World’s largest model train store, Caboose Hobbies, set to close in September Owner Duane Miller says he’s given up search for new digs and will shutter Sept. 25 ...