It always seemed to be a damp December evening when my father escorted me to Heller’s Govans Hardware Store on York Road for Christmas browsing. There, amid the saws and paint cans, were miniature ...

Many hard-working adults see the up side of getting older: When we retire, we’ll have the time to pursue our interests and passions. Ellicott City resident Lou Koehler has pursued his interest in ...

It’s never too late to play with model trains. Just ask anyone in the Big Pines & Sawgrass Model Railroad Association, an organization for adults who haven’t outgrown their trains. “Basically, it’s a ...

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Ted Widenski remembers his first set of trains. His father bought them when he was 5 years old. They would remain neatly boxed until Christmas, then they would be set up around the tree for two weeks.

Bob McMahon of La Grange Park can’t actually remember when he first became interested in model trains. Given the circumstances, that’s not surprising. “You see, what happened was my father stopped at ...

Gary Thimsen is consumed with trains, both miniature and massive. One of Thimsen’s earliest memories is of a model train chugging around his family’s Christmas tree. Today, he customizes his own model ...