Although Disney constructed his locomotive many years ago, Gillory's prize possession is quite a bit newer, and it's only the start of a collection, he said. It took Gillory two years to build and ...

To those who ride the tooting miniature steam trains at Berkeley's Tilden Park, the Redwood Valley Railway is a landmark almost as timeless as the Golden Gate Bridge. But to the initiated, the Tilden ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

You never know what impact a small gesture of encouragement may have on a child. Take Patrick Duling, 43, whose childhood love of trains has become both a career and a calling. Duling first visited ...

Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer size, speed, and weight are mesmerizing to think about and captivating to ...

Several miniature steam vehicles on display and running, plus, weather permitting, miniature live steam train rides. Weather permitting, the resident miniature steam engine will be hauling trains on ...

Jim Plunkett smoked Salems and wore Ray-Bans, and his jeans were hitched with a big brass buckle. Stamped on the buckle was "2467," the name of the mighty old locomotive that has been a part of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Doug Mayes’ love of garden railroads started innocently enough: with a model train that went around his Christmas tree. “After Christmas I didn’t want to put ...