The average age of the model-train enthusiast is typically over fifty. He’s part of a legion, mainly male, of WWII-era kids and early boomers whose childhood dream it was to unwrap a Lionel train set ...

The Colorado ModelRailroad Museum’s largest artifact – the 1919 C&S Caboose 10583 turned 100years old on Saturday. Dozens of peoplegathered at the museum to celebrate the milestone with cake, card ...

MANCHESTER — The Manchester Model Railroad Association and other train and local history buffs are looking to add a caboose to the Manchester Railroad Memorial Park — but not just any caboose. The ...

Though cabooses have all but disappeared from today’s railroads, they’re still front and center for hobby manufacturers. Rapido Trains recently released its latest premium-level model, the HO scale ...

LAKEWOOD — Certainly, a store for train enthusiasts named Caboose should have a genuine, 27-ton caboose parked in a lot outside the business. And so it does. On cold days, smoke can be seen streaming ...

Railroad buffs have aged. As youths, they worked on trains, rode them, or simply felt charmed by the iron horse. If you visit the California Railroad Museum in Sacramento and enjoy a nostalgic few ...

An iconic, colorful and functional railroad car, absent for decades, can be seen again on a short-line railroad in Northeast Pennsylvania. It’s the caboose. For 150 years, rail fans and casual ...

NORTHPORT | The City Council is making a facelift possible for the little red caboose near the Northport Train Depot. City leaders voted Monday to spend more than $43,000 to renovate the former ...

EVERETT — A small-scale version of grand past railroads in the Puget Sound area is planned at Everett Station. The Swamp Creek and Western Railroad Association, a model railroad group, signed a lease ...

A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad caboose is installed at its namesake hobby shop in February. Image from a youtube video by Jim H. LAKEWOOD — Certainly, a store for train enthusiasts named Caboose ...