Trains and tracks are found in many childhood toy boxes and are a source of delight for young and old. From Lionel classics to today’s Thomas the Train collections, railroads provide more than ...

A train-mad couple sacrificed a new kitchen to build a miniature railway with 400m of track running through their garden. Dave Walker, 54, and his wife Angela, 55, finally finished building the ...

There’s something magical about a train, whether you call it a railway or a railroad, plenty of us have hankered after our own little piece of line on which to shunt wagons or chuff around our domain.

The Columbus Garden Railway Society’s free annual self-guided tour of 22 backyard garden railroads will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. next Sunday. • Back-in-Time Railroad, 2791 Alder Vista Dr., Minerva ...

Ray Shelton is a retired Nassau County Police officer, but he has been working on the railroad for 40 years. Shelton’s Hicksville backyard is landscaped with bushes like a large, blooming prickly pear ...

Mark Found investigates surveying and design with a professional installer in his quest to build a model railway in his back garden. The avid enthusiast makes use of an old bilge pump as he is ...

Train fans and garden appreciators can crisscross the greater Portland area to see compact engines chugging through tunnels, across bridges and on trestles at 14 different model railroad layouts ...