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 ...

Some build them in their basements. But Dick Shellenberg's train set takes up most of his backyard. The retired elementary school principal has turned model train conductor in the town of Corning.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — A comment about the backyard train has fired up a few Talkback callers. But first, a caller from central Pennsylvania has some thoughts about the political troubles in northeastern ...