Circus Trains Come one and come all to see the circus! “Railroad shows” have been around since the 1800s and are synonymous with large circuses and carnivals. Some of the best known circuses of their time were Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. These...

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and working at Trainz over the years has shown this to be true time and time again. With new collections arriving daily, there is always a surprise lurking in one of those shipping boxes. Each new...

Catching a Lead for a Train Estate Sale It all started with an unexpected phone call on Wednesday from my friend Tony, the owner of America’s Best Train, Toy & Hobby Shop in Itasca, Illinois. Over the crackly connection, he told me that a woman named Kris was there in his store. ...

CHASING BRASS Do you remember getting your first train set? Maybe it was Christmas morning, tearing the paper off an enormous orange box with a Santa Fe Super Chief inside waiting patiently for the highball. Before your brother got to the bottom of his stocking...