RPI’s famed model train layout will be reimagined

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout was broken up again, this time for good.
HeraldNet

Expert specializes in model train layouts for small rooms

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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

Building model train layouts brings back ‘good feelings’ of youth for Four County Society of Model Engineers

When members of the Four County Society of Model Engineers decided to enter their modular train layout in the largest train show in North America, they expected to have fun. They did not expect to ...
Trains on MSN

Build an elevated layout in a living room

Having to disassemble a train layout is always frustrating, thinking about the time and effort I put into building it. But ...

Model train enthusiast recreates Seattle skyline with intricate miniatures

For over 20 years, Tim Jordan has been meticulously crafting a miniature Seattle, complete with iconic landmarks and hidden ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

An elaborate scale model railroad layout chugs its engine in a Leominster, Mass. home

♪ >> PETER DOES WORK A FULL-TIME JOB SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS IS NONPAYING ONE, THE ONE HE HAS WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. >> IT IS A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP THE LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S ...
Daily Breeze

Model train layout as an art form is topic of a new show

It’s the time of year for gift giving (and gift getting). For some of us, Christmas recalls a time when a tiny electric train ran around the tree on a bumpy carpet, never quite as beautiful as it was ...
KING5

This model train layout may be bigger than your house

MEDINA, Washington — EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this story first aired in January 2019. The owners are now looking for a new home for the model train layout -- ideally an organization that could take ...