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The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club held an open house Saturday in memory of late founder Louie Creel. Creel’s son, Brendan Creel, allowed the MOVMRC to showcase Creel’s H-scale caboose train.
The layout depicts the fictional Allegheny & Western Railroad running from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to New York Harbor in the 1950s and '60s.
Model trains are measured using: Scale, which tells you the ratio of your model train compared with a real one. An O scale model train is 1:48, so 1 inch on the model equals 48 inches on a real train.
Known as “The Train Lady,” North Barrington resident Elaine Silets is the owner and operator of the Harvey M. Silets Memorial O-Scale Model Railroad Museum, which is named after her late husband.
Started in 1999, the current layout contains over 365 feet of total HO-scale track — that's "half-O scale," or 1 foot represented by ¼ inch, and it is the most popular model railway in the U.S.
The world’s longest model train is ready for visitors in western Oakland County. The Chi-Town Union Station is open for its 11th season, showcasing the world’s largest O-Scale model railroad ...