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    In model railroading, a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains. The size of a layout varies, from small shelf-top designs to ones...
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  • Model Railroader (MR) is an American magazine about the hobby of model railroading. Founded in 1934 by Al C. Kalmbach, it is published monthly by Firecrown...
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  • Keyboard layout, an arrangement of the keys on a typographic keyboard Model railroad layout, a diorama with tracks for operating scaled-down trains Layout (dominoes)...
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    exacting model of a railroad and the scenery through which it passes, called a "layout". Hobbyists, called "railway modellers" or "model railroaders", may...
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    in 1946, its HO scale layout specializes in the automated operation of model trains. The first meeting of the Tech Model Railroad Club was organized by...
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    newest attraction, a 1000 sq. ft. HO scale model railroad layout. Deemed the largest in Northern Ontario, the layout took 2 years to complete (construction...
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    track line used in layouts today. In conjunction with the track, and a full assortment of accessories for the model railroad layout, H0 tycoons were presented...
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  • John Whitby Allen (category Model makers)
    operation and the use of forced perspective to create the illusion of a model railroad layout larger than it really was. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Allen lost...
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    museums across the country and often have passenger cars and model railroad layouts on display. The largest events took place in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia...
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    a G scale model train layout, opened in July 2018 in the Frisco Discovery Center next to the museum's site. An additional O-scale layout is being reassembled...
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    San Diego Model Railroad Museum is a museum in San Diego, California, that focuses on the heritage of railroading through model railroads. It was founded...
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    memorabilia, and a G-scale model railroad layout and club. The railroad line was originally chartered to be the New Hope Valley Railroad in 1904. It was subsequently...
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    Seashore Trolley Museum (category Railroad museums in Maine)
    1980 as Maine Trolley Cars. A separate building houses the largest model railroad layout in the state of Maine. Theodore F. Santarelli de Brasch and Osmond...
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    attractions, including several model railroad layouts, a hands-on educational center, and a library and archives. Today, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania covers...
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  • Virginian and Ohio (category Model railroads)
    the limited model railroad geography and layout you had in your basement. This required the notion of interchange with other (model) railroads as well. The...
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  • scale of model railroading utilizing self-defining three-dimensional models and a compatible graphics engine to create an alternative modeled world. Though...
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    business, no longer displays a giant 58' by 20' (17.7 by 6.1 meter) model railroad layout that had attracted thousands of visitors. The Robert Thomas Carriage...
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    a Magma Arizona Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a 7+1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge live steam railroad. In 1967, the Fowler...
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  • Gorre & Daphetid (category Model railroads)
    The Gorre & Daphetid ([ˈɡɔːri], [dɪˈfiːtɪd]) model railroad was a notable HO-scale layout built by John Whitby Allen in Monterey, California. The Gorre...
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  • mechanical engineer, inventor, editor, prolific author, and model railroader best known for layout design and operations. He was married for 44 years to Ellen...
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    Northlandz (category Model railroads)
    Northlandz is a model railroad layout and museum located in Raritan Township, New Jersey, built by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino. It spans over 50,000 feet...
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    HO scale (category Model railroad scales)
    several attempts to introduce a model railway about half the size of 0 scale that would be more suitable for smaller home layouts and cheaper to manufacture...
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  • Frank Ellison (category Rail transport modellers)
    face of model railroading in the United States when he wrote hundreds of articles on all aspects of the hobby, many involving his O scale layout that he...
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    The Great Train Story (category Model railroads)
    and Chicago’s South Shore Line trains. The museum had an earlier model railroad layout, dating back to the early 1940s when Minton Cronkhite built the...
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    Walt and his father operate the 1/8-scale Carolwood Pacific Railroad—the model railroad layout which his father helped build. On June 18, 1955, about a month...
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    Athearn (category Model railroad manufacturers)
    Champaign, Illinois. In 1938 Irvin Athearn built a detailed O scale model railroad layout in his mother's house, which gained an overwhelming response when...
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    interested in anything related to railroads and built, after he had moved to Golden Valley, Nevada a model railroad layout of the Feather River Route. He...
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  • National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) is an American non-profit organization for those involved in the hobby or business of model railroading. It was...
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  • Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen (category Rail transport modelling)
    manufacturers in creating compatible products and assist modellers in constructing model railroad layouts that operate reliably. The standards cover areas like...
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    possible, including many railroad vehicles on its own heritage railroad, the Longhorn and Western Railroad, multiple model train layouts, and many antique automobiles...
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