The smiling engineer, with a coal car behind him filled to the brim, makes sure his train chugs along the track, spouting smoke as it weaves through the tunnels and in and out of stately conifers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After 6-7 inches of snow buried his backyard on Jan. 3, a rail fan in northern Germany fired up a model diesel engine to plow the ...

On this train line, one car is dedicated to Mark Oles’ family, another is lined with photos of his wife Mary Beth’s family, and a third is dedicated to the couple on their wedding day. Elsewhere, ...

After 6-7 inches of snow buried his backyard on Jan. 3, a rail fan in northern Germany fired up a model diesel engine to plow the G-scale tracks of his backyard train empire, proving that even a ...