In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Peggy Seeger sang “Freight Train” during a concert tour in England, and the song was soon recorded — without permission or credit — by a British singer.

"It takes you into another little world." Blasy, retired and in his 60s, still has his first train he received, a 1950s Lionel steamer. Today, the Pensacola Model Railroad has two divisions ...