EVERETT — Mike Scheerens has been a model train enthusiast his entire life. When he was about 10 years old, he watched his father, James, build tracks for HO-scale trains, one of the largest models ...
Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.
The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout was broken up again, this time for good.
That’s the name Salamon has given to the elaborate, double-decker model train layout that fills this room, which he has been painstakingly building and operating for years. The detail extends to ...
Having to disassemble a train layout is always frustrating, thinking about the time and effort I put into building it. But ...
Deep in Frisco’s Discovery Center, a man’s life is laid out in model train tracks in a 3,000-square-foot room. When no one is around, the room is quiet and dark. As the project nears completion, the ...
MADISON — Dr. Alan Friedler loves spending countless hours perfecting his model train layout. And this is a passion he never outgrew from when he was a kid. An onlooker might feel like a kid again ...