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.
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 ...
Westword

Photos: Union Station’s historic model trains still homeless — but fans are stepping up

Since we broke the sad news yesterday that the two model-train layouts that have been in the basement of Union Station for decades — eight decades, in one case — will not be there when Union Station ...
The Daily Item

Train enthusiasts share love, memories with area families

Christmas is model train season, whether under the tree, in a basement layout, or just a happy memory of Christmas past. When Bob Bomboy, who started building the model train layout for kids at Christ ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Training Day: Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club to celebrate local railroad history with open house

A model railroad display at the Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club in the rear basement of NOE Office Equipment, 610 Green St. An open house will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. (Photo Provided ...
The Middletown Press

Madison dentist spent 4,000 hours developing intricate model train layout

MADISON — Dr. Alan Friedler loves spending countless hours perfecting his model train layout. And this is a passion he never outgrew from when he was a kid. An onlooker might feel like a kid again ...
The Denver Post

Denver’s flash flood damages model train display in Union Station’s basement

The violent storm that tore through Denver on Thursday flooded basements, stalled cars and even derailed one of the city’s smallest hidden treasures. The Platte Valley & Western Model Railroad Club’s ...