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Rob Caves and members of the Christmas Tree Lane Model Railroad Society have built a gigantic model train set that is ever expanding in his backyard.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) — The whistling sound and twinkling lights of a model train have filled the DeMent family’s Mount Pleasant home each holiday season for decades. “My da… ...
A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary.
Yet the 19th century also produced new holiday customs. In fact, many of the new Christmas practices in Sandy’s time went on to become established traditions themselves – and are now the subject of ...
The custom of mailing printed Christmas cards in the 19th century was a product of the industrial revolution. It was influenced by older British holiday traditions − some entirely fictional.
The first Christmas card with the words ‘A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to You.“ Artist John Callcott Horsley via Wikimedia Commons Christopher Ferguson, Auburn University It’s a common ...
With Christmas around the corner, Santa is making his rounds across Wisconsin.This weekend he will be at the East Troy Railroad Museum.
A holiday train decorated with Christmas lights thrilled locals in Indiana. Residents gathered to witness the CPKC Holiday Train, illuminated with colourful LED lights, as it passed through Ogden ...
Thousands of spectators lined up along the tracks of several Caltrain stations on the Peninsula over the weekend to witness the festive Holiday Train on its southbound journey. The train was decked ...
Today, that same train line is used to spread holiday cheer in the Poconos with Santas Christmas Tree Express. " This would be our ninth year," says sales consultant, Jeffrey Hiller.
If there were any doubts about the arrival of the 2024 Christmas season, this video erases them entirely. "I caught the CPKC Holiday Train rolling through Detroit, Michigan, on 11/25/24 at about ...