Also on display in the model railroad building is fairgrounds' director Kevin Kamauf's HO scale model of the fair. Each piece is made of cast metal and was at one point an actual carnival ride at ...

The display features a Dickens-style village complete with a plethora of houses surrounded by a chugging model train — all beneath a Christmas tree. The exhibit is open daily through Jan. 2.

At the center of the Lake Superior Railroad museum lies the ginormous model railroad display, where decades of volunteering has made it one of the biggest attractions at the museum.

The Model Railroad Show will return to the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, showcasing model train displays and train-themed programming.

Rasel carefully put together the display in the windows in October, transporting his father’s model houses and HO-scale trains from his parents’ home in Plum to Irwin.