Man's model train layout is eight years in the making MANSFIELD, Texas -- A train and three rail cars sit in the tiny shadow of a water tower in Don Hughes' workshop, causing him to smile.

Railroad collectibles and tools will be for sale, and a variety of clinics will be offered, including flower making for railroad layouts, making trees from furnace filters and cloud painting on ...

The whole thing is just 5.5″ x 12″. This N-scale layout was three years in the making, mostly because [Peter] was waiting for just the right little powered chassis to come along.

Members build modules about a foot long, using track components and model trains made by KATO USA, the American arm of a Japanese company known for making precision railroad products for modelers.

Robert Sharp has a pretty impressive model train — one that draws the attention of his 11-year-old grandson Bobby Humphreys. When Sharp decided he wanted to build his grandson his own set, he ...

(Abiola Odutola/The Brandon Sun) “The N-scale model has a ratio of 1:160, making it smaller, while the HO scale is 1:87, which is the most common scale in the world,” Stumme said on Saturday.