In 2005, the James City County Library initially asked the fledgling model railroad club to arrange for a layout in recognition of National Model Railroad Month In November and an HO scale ...

it’s great escape from the world. >> the 14 by 20 ho scale layout covers his entire basement, almost 400 feet of track, 61 locomotives. 165 structures. MORE THAN 700 INDIVIDUAL FIGURES.

Roanoke’s railroad “Glory Days” may be well in the past. But one aspect of the railroad community is alive and well.

Model trains first appeared in the late 19th century as simple tinplate toys, often crafted by hand.. Before HO scale became the standard for model railroading, O scale was the dominant size, with ...

In two rooms, they’ve assembled a 6- by 34-foot N-scale layout of a Tidewater, Virginia railroad depot, and also a 25- by 50-foot HO- and HOn3-scale layout that features Southern California on ...

The club showcased two intricate model train layouts: a smaller N-scale set and a larger HO-scale set, delighting visitors of all ages with detailed craftsmanship and realistic settings.

The train layout has been in the works for more than a year by members of the club. ... "It's an HO-scale layout, and it represents (what) could be anywhere in northeast Pennsylvania.

Laurence Lau sounds an electronic whistle as children study a fictionalized version of an urban train interchange. The ...

As many different trains ran through loops of colorful painted cities and mountains in the Ramapo Valley Railroad's model train layout, ... where an HO-scale model railroad was built for ...

Peter Dolimpio is the owner and creator of a massive double HO Scale Model Railroad layout in the basement of his home in Leominster, Massachusetts. Both this layout and others can occasionally be ...