“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 ...

On this train line, one car is dedicated to Mark Oles’ family, another is lined with photos of his wife Mary Beth’s family, and a third is dedicated to the couple on their wedding day. Elsewhere, ...

Doug Connelly took a long look a few years ago when he saw a next-door neighbor winding an old garden hose around the backyard. That garden hose marked the path of his neighbor Frank Stellar’s grand ...

Portland urban naturalist Mike Houck tracks great blue herons on the Willamette River; Garden railways combine model railroads with imaginative outdoor landscapes; Small acts of kindness are an ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad, a model railroad layout first built by Eric Child and Trevor Park around Child’s home about a decade ago, will run its final loop around the ...

OWENS CROSS ROADS, Ala. (WHNT) – When Jenny and Grant Sweer made the move from California to Alabama, they decided they would take their passion for garden railroads one major step forward. They would ...