Design a toy train layout - O, S, or Standard/Wide gauge ... layouts kept alive the toy-like heritage of that niche in the hobby. They expected to see tremendous differences between what toy ...

Nevertheless, building a layout is perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the hobby for me. Despite having two operating model railroads in the house, I still wanted to build more. At train shows I ...

"In terms of being here, enjoying the hobby, running the trains ... boasts a variety of model railway layouts, with many young people bringing their trains from home to run on the tracks.

There are 17 layouts of railway scenes at the event in Workington, Cumbria, put together by a volunteer group called Solrail. Exhibition organiser Philip Tuer said: "Interest in the hobby seems to ...