The ritual of miniature villages and nativity scenes beneath Christmas trees came to the U.S. with European immigrants in the 1800s.
Scales, gauges show sizes of model trains
Modern trains are great, Miller says, but older trains “were very well built, even into the 1970s. They will almost always run. Put them on the track and run them, but also see what else is out there if you want to expand. Your imagination is the only limit.” “Clubs are a great way to get involved, especially if you don’t have room or the means to build a railroad of your own,” Vondrak says. “Your local hobby shop can guide you to what you’ll need to build great models for your model railroad.”
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