A day before the start of the Great Train Show, the Indiana State Fairgrounds bustled with activity. Members of the Conductors of Indiana Train Club, along with clubs from Connecticut, Ohio and ...

Big grins spread across the faces of would-be railroad tycoons Ben Urban, 7, of Ingleside and John Grabowicz, 15, of Round Lake as the 40 cars of a model freight train whizzed by a few inches from ...