His entire garage is set aside for a massive, intricately detailed, miniature version of Holland, Michigan, train included. He loves spending his time carefully constructing little houses—down ...

Using parts he had lying around and a doorbell from the hardware store, [Peter] concocted this DIY train crossing bell ... a 555 and some resistors to set the frequency and duty cycle.

Using parts he had lying around and a doorbell from the hardware store, [Peter] concocted this DIY train crossing bell ... a 555 and some resistors to set the frequency and duty cycle.