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In non-model train speak, he explained, think of one scale mile as "if you were a tiny figure on the layout, and you walked 30 miles on the layout." Basically, a lot.

This also allows for a display to be easily disassembled, transported and set up so the group goes to a lot of train shows. Kosic said it only takes about five people to put the whole thing together.

Before that, some reinforcements, like chicken wire, will be added. The Hudson Model Railroad Club will have a few open houses this summer. Get more info on Facebook.

The complex dioramas include 400 bridges, 200,000 pounds of plaster and 50,000 ft. of model train track which equates to over 8 miles, he said. It can take a family more than two hours to tour all ...

"So, keeping up with the technology is one of the fun things to keep learning about." Rob Cave's rendition of the graffiti-ridden banks off the Los Angeles River on his model train set in Altadena.

Dennis Lakomy has been collecting and running model trains since his dad gave him his first model train set in 1962. They are on display in his home near Port Huron and include an operating layout.

This weekend, the Pensacola Model Railroad Club invites the public to visit two large model train displays that will be set up inside the Museum of Commerce, 201 E. Zaragoza St. Exhibition times ...

ASHLEY — The town is keeping one man’s passion alive by displaying a 1,500-square-foot model train set and Christmas village as part of the Ashley Country Christmas celebration.

Growing up, Rob Caves remembers there was always a train set under his family Christmas tree. As an adult, the Los Angeles native has brought this fond memory, and his passion, on a grand scale to ...

The complex dioramas include 400 bridges, 200,000 pounds of plaster and 50,000 feet of model train track which equates to over eight miles, he said.