First, Harold Jordheim tried to win his sons' interest in the merits of model trains. No thanks, Dad. But one of those race car sets sure would be nice. Later, when the grandkids came along, he got a ...

For one day on Saturday, hundreds of visitors in La Grange got a chance to take a peek into the past at the annual All American Railroad Show, a sprawling display of bustling downtowns, classic cars ...

Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962. They are on display in his home near Port Huron and include an operating layout.

When the crowds disembarked at Union Station a year ago this Saturday for the gala reopening, they saw a stunning transformation of the century-old terminal, now a grand public space full of bars, ...