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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Fortville man builds model trains for grown-up boys

When John Kitterman was looking for a workshop where he could house a business building model train layouts, the concrete building available for rent wasn't what he wanted. Nestled on a quiet side ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

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

FULL TIME JOB TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. THIS IS HIS NON PAYING ONE, THE ONE HE’S WORKED AT FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. IT’S A HOBBY THAT HELPS ME KEEP WHAT LITTLE SANITY I HAVE. IT’S A GREAT ESCAPE FROM THE ...
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 ...