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.
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 ...
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 ...
Dallas Observer

TrainTopia: A Man’s Life Laid Out in Model Train Tracks

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 ...
The Mercury

On the Right Track … with the Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club

A hiss of steam, then a loud whistle blast, shatters the calm as the locomotive prepares to depart from the station. A set of orders from the dispatcher is given to the engineer and the last of the ...
Post-Bulletin

'We really help each other out': Model train club forms friendships in Grand Meadow

GRAND MEADOW — Wheels chug into motion. Steam pumps through model cylinders. A “piercing” bell switches tracks to “whistle talk.” It’s Wednesday morning train time with the Rail Runners Model Railroad ...