Old mini train engine had operated since 1967 Screaming in a tunnel, riding over a railroad bridge and going past a pond are among experiences common to riders of the mini train.

Very few toys are as mesmerizing as a train set. Whether it is the little engine racing around the track or assembling miniature buildings, a train set for kids is a great way to expand your little… ...

FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas) - City of Fort Worth leaders have given operators of the beloved miniature train in Forest Park and Trinity Park more time to get the attraction back on track. A Haltom ...

Owners of one of the original engines have donated the piece for use in the attraction, and the museum was able to acquire enough rail to complete the project-- 10,000 feet!-- from a park-train ...

The Zilker Park mini train is on hold for at least another year because the tie-dye painted locomotive doesn’t have properly working brakes.

Frank Field, right, owner of the Peconic County Miniature Railroad in Greenport, checks the engines on a summer Sunday afternoon in 2012, the last year the train operated. Credit: Gordon M. Grant ...

Miniature trains jammed with kids and their parents chugged around small amusement parks, like Kiddytown, sprinkled around Chicago and other areas from the 1950s to about the 1980s.

The train ride — a one-eighth scale model of a diesel engine — first arrived at Descanso Gardens as a seasonal attraction in the 1980s, and became a permanent feature in 1996.