The track plan for Blair Kooistra’s 10 x 11 foot layout has intrigued me ever since it appeared in Great Model Railroads 2005. The around-the-walls layout is set in eastern Washington state in 1968.

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The train layout still under construction inside ... Bernie’s Model Railroad Shop hosts the Great Northeast Model Train Show twice a year. Last year’s train show had about 130 vendors and ...