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  • Model Trains
  • From "What's Your Hobby"
    episode DWH-116
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    Although it doesn't feature the luxurious accommodations of a Pullman car, Doug Chancey's scale railroad is large enough for passengers.

    Doug Chancey and friends have spent 30 years working on scale railroads -- inside and outside Chancey's home. While the one inside is 1/48 scale, the outside train is an authentic scale steam engine -- large enough to sit and ride on.

    Chancey's railroad, which is open free to the public, takes passengers on a scenic tour of the countryside. In addition to an engineer, the railroad even "employs " a horticulturist (and a fellow hobbyist), who keeps the landscaping picture-perfect. The railroad's construction even features a bridge and tunnels -- making it a truly authentic replica of a working railroad.


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