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.
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 ...
Staten Island Advance

Meticulously detailed train layout in basement of Meiers Corners house delivers the goods at Yule

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Christmas, including Santa Claus and his flying reindeer, runs right on schedule in the Meiers Corners household where James Westgate spends two weeks assembling the elaborate ...
The Post-Crescent

I built 1950s Appleton as model railroad in my basement

APPLETON - If you’ve been to Pierce Park or Jefferson School, you’ve glimpsed my model railroad. If you’ve been to the History Museum at the Castle, you’ve walked where my little people walk. If ...
MLive

Hundreds visit elaborate basement model train display, raise more than $1,000

NAPOLEON TWP., MI - It was another successful year for John and Karol Morris' model train display open house. Every year since 2001, the Morrises have welcomed the public into their Napoleon Township ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

For Londonderry family, basement contains a world of model trains

LONDONDERRY — Trains seem to run in Dave Maher’s family. He met his wife, Deborah, when he gave up his seat to an older woman on the MBTA Green Line — and asked her out when they happened to meet ...
Staten Island Advance

Retired Transit Authority worker Al Palma, long-time model train enthusiast, oversees 25 sets in his basement

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - ELTINGVILLE - Though Al Palma retired from the city Transit Authority more than 10 years ago, he continues to have trains on the brain. The Eltingville resident and Brooklyn ...