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.
The Roanoke Times

Model train layout has all the whistles and bells

"My plan is to never finish, and I'm right on schedule," joked Bob Ford about the HO-Scale model train layout he's building in the basement of his home in The Waterfront in Franklin County. Ford does ...
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 ...
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 ...

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Heber Springs model train museum choo-choo-chooses nostalgia

Amid the tensions and turmoil of 2026, Ruland Junction Toy Train Museum promises "a trip back in time to a simpler era." ...
Daily Herald

Sun City model train layout a magnet for kids, families

Model trains were all the rage Sunday in Huntley, as they have been all month. Trains have been running in Sun City's Prairie Lodge Social Lounge throughout most of December, but time is running out - ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

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

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...
WNEM-TV

Model train layout to be on display at Bavarian Festival

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WNEM) - This year’s Bavarian Festival in Frankenmuth will have a look at the old country. The Great Lakes Chapter of European Train Enthusiasts will be showing off their H0 gauge ...
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 ...
East Bay Times

Model train layouts on display at Crockett Railroad Days

CROCKETT — Extensive model railroad layouts will be operating and on display to the public during the fourth annual Crockett Railroad Days fom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25. Two model train clubs ...
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 ...