Model Trains
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What is a model train you ask ?
well according to wikipedia "Model railroading (US) or Railway modelling (UK) 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, signalling, scenery (roads, buildings, vehicles, model figures, lights, and natural features such as streams, hills, canyons, etc.).
The earliest forms of model railways are the 'carpet railways' which first appeared in the 1840s. Model trains are generally more realistic than toy trains."
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General description
Scales and gauges
Layout Design
Weathering
Construction methods
Control
Module standards organizations
The Gauge Great Layouts
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