The train ride — a one-eighth scale model of a diesel engine — first arrived at Descanso Gardens as a seasonal attraction in the 1980s, and became a permanent feature in 1996.

He is a garden railway hobbyist, which means he builds model steam engines and tracks that go through the garden and around his house. His love of trains started when he was a little boy.

The outdoor model train offers a 15-minute ride -- and if that's not enough, visitors can repeat the ride as many times as they wish. Club member Brian Cruickshank said, ...

What: 17th annual Garden Railways Tour, a self-guided tour of operating model trains in outdoor and garden settings. When: 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6. Where: The tour stops at trains in Lancaster ...

Marx was a competing model train manufacturer. Soon to follow was a gift of a Lionel O Gauge Diesel Locomotive set. My dad built a 4-foot-by-6-foot layout table to run my trains on, which I still ...

The train garden officially opened Nov. 25 with a ribbon cutting where incoming County Executive Robert Cassilly did the honors before touring the space with his grandchildren.

This event brings together a few different model train clubs to show off on the track, like the New Mexico Garden Railroaders – a club who will be at the River of Lights this year. For one ...

SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) – Model train enthusiasts will want to make the trip to the Buhl Club in Sharon this weekend. Volunteers were busy Friday afternoon, setting up tables for the 17th annual Buhl ...

The Greater Hanover Area Fire Museum is operating model train layouts ranging from N-scale trains to outdoor garden trains. You can find them in the former Eagle Fire Co. No. 2 station at 134 East ...

There are model trains and then, there are garden model railroads worthy of their own convention. One of the intricate models featured in this year’s National Garden Railroad Convention is in ...