TROY - The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout, which inspired generations of model train builders across the world and fueled the hobby's red-hot popularity ...

It all started with a chance meeting at a model train auction. Linda Groff, then owner of the Choo Choo Barn, Strasburg’s famous model train layout, was at a February auction at the Horst Auction ...

Pieces of the Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s 4,000-square-foot model train layout are ready to be taken away by volunteers working with the National Model Railroad Association’s northeast region ...