Trains
| Model railroading is a hobby
in which rail transport systems are modeled at a reduced scale, or
ratio. The scale models include rail vehicles (locomotives, rolling
stock, streetcars, etc.), tracks, signaling, and scenery (roads,
buildings, vehicles, model figures, lights, and natural features
such as streams, hills and canyons. |
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Railway modelers may find enjoyment in collecting model trains,
building a miniature landscape for the trains to pass through, or
operating their own railroad, albeit in miniature. Involvement in
the hobby can range from the possession of a train set to spending
many hours and large sums of money on a large and exactingly
executed model of a railroad and the scenery through which it
passes, called a "layout". |
