My 15-month-old nephew says “choo-choo” about a thousand times a day, so it seemed like a no-brainer to take him to a local restaurant bearing that name: The Choo-Choo in Des Plaines. The tiny diner ...

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has gone off the rails. Video has been making the rounds on social media showing an amusement park choo-choo train allegedly being hauled away by Russian forces ...

Chugga chugga, choo choo! Trains have long been part of Cincinnati’s fabric. Entertrainment Junction, which has celebrated all things trains since 2008, recently announced it will close permanently in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Hess Toy Truck has released its latest addition to the My Plush Hess Truck toy series, the 2022 Choo Choo Train. The Choo Choo Train is the third in Hess’ plush toy line and was ...

Adults and children can take to the rails aboard Arkansas & Missouri Railroad excursion trains in two different events next month to help support the Children's Safety Center. The "Not So Silent Night ...

There was a snowball fight on a Metra train Saturday. But not only was it OK, it was encouraged, because the train was full of children, firefighters, police and others en route to see Santa Claus. In ...

Trains are trending right now, especially in Houston. We’ve got miniature trains that would make any model collector swoon with envy, and we also have a few hop-on-board trains designed to take us ...

The Historic Pullman Foundation Model Train Experience is a way to expose people young and old to the hobby as well as ...

Now that I'm writing more, I'm going to need to come up with ideas for columns. To that necessity, I have been mulling over ideas and bouncing ideas off 'friends,' 'followers,' and random folk at the ...