Elaine Silets is known as “The Train Lady” for the amazing display of model train railroads winding through her North Barrington garden and museum. This weekend the public can get a rare ...

These G-scale trains are approximately twice the size of the indoor Lionel models that once revolved around the family Christmas tree and are made to withstand the rigors of outdoor use. For many ...

Most garden railway train operators leave their buildings and track outside year-round, and that requires more maintenance than indoor layouts need.

Currently, his garden railroad is undergoing extensive maintenance, including repair of a retaining wall. In general, he says, “The maintenance is 95 percent in the garden.

Because of the appeal of gardening, these railways are more likely than their indoor counterparts to be the effort of husband-wife teams, Konkell said. Few trains of this size existed before the ...

EnterTrainment Junction, a train-themed attraction in West Chester, Ohio, has housed what the owners call the world's largest indoor model train display. It's closing in January.

And small streams and waterfalls along the train tracks. And model locomotives and rail cars larger and more detailed than those in indoor railroad displays.This combination makes outdoor magic.

The Yuletide Village opened Friday night with a half-mile-long drive through light display and an indoor train garden, all set up by volunteer firefighters and their families.

The Washington State Fair Event Center hosts the Great Train Show on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20-21, a big, national traveling show with everything for model trains.

Area public gardens have a bright and interesting array of holiday displays up and running for this holiday season.