Model Trains and Railroads

Restored depot evolves into railroad museum

17 May 2012

By Lynn Grisard Fullman, Special to the Times Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Toy trains have intrigued Ed Dice for as long as he can remember. In the beginning, it was a wooden train at his grandparents' house. Later, there was his father's Lionel train that circled a basement sump pump in their home. One Christmas in the 1950s, Dice's father wrapped the train and gave it to his son. With his new ...

Lompoc model railroad steams back to 1960

13 May 2012

The Lompoc HO Model Railroad Club is in the process of completing a new 1,500-foot  track layout which features scenery of what Lompoc looked like more than 50 years ago.

Model railroad steams back to 1960

13 May 2012

The Lompoc HO Model Railroad Club is in the process of completing a new 1,500-foot  track layout which features scenery of what Lompoc looked like more than 50 years ago.