Since the 1830s, railroads have been a key part of American commerce. Even in an era of instantaneous digital transactions, they remain vital to moving commodities, consumer products and people. CSX’s ...

The show will be held at the Croaker Road library on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Santa Claus will be available Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. for photographs.

Dave Skinner was not interested in a grand model train layout. Something small — a “circle of track six feet in diameter.” Something in a corner of his basement in his Woodbury home, where he could ...