To those who ride the tooting miniature steam trains at Berkeley's Tilden Park, the Redwood Valley Railway is a landmark almost as timeless as the Golden Gate Bridge. But to the initiated, the Tilden ...

COSTA MESA The whistle blew as the steam-powered locomotive barreled down the track, with children and parents sitting on top of the railroad cars enjoying the ride. That’s right, on top. The train ...

, is an unmarked red warehouse. No sign indicates what’s inside: an expansive space where miniature train tracks crisscross and steam engines chug along. The place is , owned by Larry Staver and Amy O ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

You never know what impact a small gesture of encouragement may have on a child. Take Patrick Duling, 43, whose childhood love of trains has become both a career and a calling. Duling first visited ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Doug Mayes’ love of garden railroads started innocently enough: with a model train that went around his Christmas tree. “After Christmas I didn’t want to put ...