DANVILLE — Murphy O’Brien points to the trains chugging along the tracks — whistles blowing, steam billowing from the engines — and smiles from ear to ear. Murphy O’Brien is 4. “She loves trains and ...

In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

Rapt and in a model train moment all his own, Owen Rash of Tacoma looks over an HO scale model layout during the 2014 Model Train Festival show at the Washington State History Museum. This year’s show ...