The model train display first started in the garage — and quickly outgrew the 400-square-foot space. Rob Caves standing next to one of the many train sets he and his fellow hobbyists built. Fiona Ng ...

Every holiday season, Christmas Tree Lane turns into a must stop destination for model train lovers, all thanks to one man who turned his labor of love for the last 15 years into a massive tribute ...

No one told Daniel Xu about what the previous owner had made in the space underneath his home. He couldn’t believe what he ...

Lovers of model trains eagerly walk through their doors. "When people put up a Christmas tree, they always want to put a train up around it," said Jack Cohen, owner of SW Randall Toyes & Gifts ...

In non-model train speak, he explained, think of one scale mile as "if you were a tiny figure on the layout, and you walked 30 miles on the layout." Basically, a lot.

Model trains are measured using: Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on the model equals 48 inches on a real train.

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 an iconic, blood-splattered set ...

The model train display first started in the garage — and quickly outgrew the 400-square-foot space. " It was completely wall to wall, five decks of trains," Caves said.