Newsday

Holidays on track: Model trains take the spotlight in Long Islanders' displays

For many baby boomers, and some younger folks as well, the December holidays are synonymous with model trains. Many in the postwar generation grew up with Lionel or American Flyer rolling stock ...
Newsday

Baby boomer in Port Jefferson Station stayed on track with model railroad hobby

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...
The Post-Crescent

I built 1950s Appleton as model railroad in my basement

APPLETON - If you’ve been to Pierce Park or Jefferson School, you’ve glimpsed my model railroad. If you’ve been to the History Museum at the Castle, you’ve walked where my little people walk. If ...
Firehouse

Truck Tactics: Residential Basement Fire Operations

This month, I write with a heavy heart. I hadn’t finished this column when we suffered a tragedy in my department. Firefighter Jason Arno, who was a three-year veteran of the Buffalo Fire Department, ...