SOUTH HAVEN, MI -- For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Hanson Express will be on the move. The steam-powered locomotive will rev its engine after a lengthy two-year restoration process. The ...

Here’s the thing: America’s largest miniature train circuit isn’t a theme-park ride, it’s a landscape-scale hobbyist railroad built and maintained by people who treat railroading like a craft. Train ...

“A steam train!” a young boy exclaimed, shaking his hands with wild enthusiasm. “Look at that one!” He sat cross-legged on the ground in the backyard of Alan and Nola Olsen, literally shaking with ...

A train buff has spent more than five years building a stunning working miniature railway track - in his own back garden. James Ardin, 36, created the 660-yard line, which circles his three-acre plot ...

A train enthusiast has spent more than five years building a stunning working miniature railroad track – in his own backyard. James Ardin, 36, created the 660-yard line that circles his three-acre ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...