RPI's famed model train layout will be reimagined

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout is breaking up again, this time for good.
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 ...
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 Gazette

90-Foot Model Railroad Layout Makes Big Dream Come True

SIGOURNEY - I should have brought binoculars. That's the only way to see from one end of Lyle Dumont's new model railroad to the other. It's 90 feet long, nearly a third of a football field. "This IS ...
Chicago Tribune

Railroad enthusiasts set up extensive layout at Elmhurst History Museum

As part of its new railroad-themed exhibit, On the Right Track, the Elmhurst History Museum hosted a model train show Saturday in cooperation with Chicagoland T-Trak, an informal group of model ...
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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

Working on the railroad Authentic: Hampden man creates intricate model railroad layouts for the rich and famous. Some can cost $40,000

Jeff Springer plays with model trains all day. And he gets paid for it. Mr. Springer is one of fewer than 20 people in the United States whose full-time occupation is building model train layouts.