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 ...

With its loose shingles and rusted sides, the listing water tank looks as timeworn as the model steam engine that chugs around the 12-foot-by-24-foot display. But it was brand-new only recently. Ken ...

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 ...