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 ...
On July 4, 1835, Richard Jones placed a miniature steam engine inside a 61/2-foot-long wooden boat with side wheels and launched it in the Wilkes-Barre canal basin. Jones, a local mill worker, had ...
On Independence Day, mechanical engineer Sanjay Wighmal debuted his miniature steam-powered locomotive engines at his Gurugram society- a humble beginning to the park he has in mind Generation Z ...
, 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 ...
Although Disney constructed his locomotive many years ago, Gillory's prize possession is quite a bit newer, and it's only the start of a collection, he said. It took Gillory two years to build and ...
A Winnipeg icon that's been chugging along for 60 years celebrated its birthday on Monday. Tim Buzunis, owner and operator of the miniature, coal-powered steam train at Assiniboine Park since 1988, ...
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 ...
Since first reaching Bloomington in 1853, railroads have loomed large in shaping our history. After all, before the rise of State Farm Insurance Co., the Chicago and Alton Railroad Shops on the city’s ...
KIRTLAND, Ohio--Whenever Josh Frank sees a train, he thinks of his grandfather. The 14 year-old says some of his first memories are of riding a train around grandpa Skip Frank's home. "I've been ...
Szymon Klimek has been building the miniature replicas for the past five years and has made over 100 tiny cars, bicycles and carriages. Click here to see a video of his models Credit: SCYMON KLIMEK / ...
A miniature steam railway that has been transporting families for years has been put up for sale. The 10.25 inch gauge Leek and Rudyard Railway runs alongside the lake on the site of original rail ...
A father in Southwest China's Chongqing spent eight years building a real miniature steam train for his autistic son, CCTV News reported on Wednesday. The son, named Hanghang, was diagnosed with ...