For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...

Dec. 4—Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Multiple generations of adults can vividly recall waking up on Christmas morning to find a model railroad train set circling around the holiday tree.

At 91 years young, Al Boos may be the oldest kid in the San Antonio area who still plays with model trains. Not toy trains, mind you. These are exacting replicas of the real thing. Hyper-detailed, ...