Lyle Dumont and his wife, Helen, share a laugh as they look over the new 40-by-90 foot Lionel model train layout at their Dumont Museum south of Sigourney. Photo was taken Friday, Nov. 30, 2012.

Dale Desser, of Erie, doesn't want visitors to simply watch his spectacular model railroad. He invites people to operate it.

708-530-9584. Lake County Model Railroad Club: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free admission, donations accepted. 107 S. Main, Wauconda; 708-377-8072.

Evans and Braiterman spoke about the layouts their club sets up at shows, most recently, at the Great Scale and Model Train Show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium over the weekend of ...

Often, model train layouts get thrown out after their creator goes to the grave. In Noonan’s case, family members and like-minded hobbyists don’t want to see that happen.

The beloved model-train layouts in the basement of Union Station have reached the end of the line. Back when two developers were competing for the contract to redevelop the facility, both promised ...

The model railroad layout was built by Helen and Harold “Buz” Beal in Jonesport. For decades, the couple opened their home to guests from all over the world to view one of Maine’s largest ...

The railroad layout was disassembled in Jonesport and relocated to climate-controlled storage units in Kennebunk by Stephan Lamb Associates, a professional model railroad layout moving company.

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 ...

The Great Lakes Chapter of European Train Enthusiasts will be showing off their H0 gauge model train layout. On Friday, June 9 through Sunday, June 11, the layout will be at Fischer Hall.