| Model trains has been a hobby for many years. | | | | Kadee, Kato, Lifelike, Model Power, MRC, |
| Model Train enthusiasts enjoy their hobby all | | | | Peco, Preiser, Vollmer, Woodland Scenics, |
| year long. There are several scales or sizes | | | | Circuitron, and Walthers. |
| of trains. Some of these sizes are G Scale | | | | |
| trains, O Scale trains, N Scale trains, and | | | | HO Scale train sets are the most popular |
| HO Scale trains. | | | | scale and make the best choice for an |
| | | | all-around train set if you have the room. |
| G Scale trains are typically used in outdoor | | | | Accurail, Athearn, Athearn Genesis, Atlas, |
| garden layouts to create a garden railway. | | | | American Model Builders, Bachmann, Branchline |
| Garden railway train sets can be large enough | | | | Trains, Boley, Broadway Limited, Busch, |
| to have many trains throughout the yard. G | | | | Classic Metal Works, Con-Cor, and Heljan are |
| Scale trains can also be run indoors. | | | | companies that make G Scale trains and/or |
| Bachmann, is a major manufacturer of G Scale | | | | products and scenery etc. Other companies are |
| train sets. Other companies that make G Scale | | | | Herpa, Kadee, Kato, Lifelike, Marklin, MDC |
| trains and/or products including scenery are | | | | Roundhouse, Model Power, MRC, Peco, Preiser, |
| Lifelike, Model Power, MRC, Preiser, USA | | | | Rivarossi, Stewart Hobbies, Vollmer, Woodland |
| Trains, Vollmer, Woodland Scenics, | | | | Scenics, Circuitron, and Walthers. |
| Circuitron, and Walthers. Many types of | | | | |
| products can go into garden railway layouts. | | | | Companies like Bachmann, Lionel Trains, |
| | | | Athearn, Atlas, Atlas O, Lifelike, Model |
| O Scale trains are commonly purchased by new | | | | Power, MRC, Preiser, USA Trains, Vollmer, |
| hobby people or people who want a train set | | | | Woodland Scenics, Circuitron, and Walthers, |
| around the bottom of their Christmas tree. | | | | Lifelike, Model Power, MRC, M.T.H., Peco, |
| Atlas O, Lifelike, Model Power, MRC, Preiser, | | | | Preiser, Rivarossi, Stewart Hobbies, USA |
| USA Trains, Vollmer, Woodland Scenics, | | | | Trains, Vollmer, Woodland Scenics, |
| Circuitron, and Walthers, Lionel Trains and | | | | Circuitron, and Walthers are well known by |
| Bachmann, are companies that make O Scale | | | | many hobbyists. The train set and garden |
| trains and/or products and scenery. Other | | | | layout hobbyist often spends the winter |
| companies are K Line, Lifelike, Model Power, | | | | making new layouts and designs during the |
| MRC, M.T.H., Preiser, Vollmer, Woodland | | | | winter months. |
| Scenics, Circuitron, and Walthers. | | | | |
| | | | Layouts can be made indoor or outdoor. |
| N Scale train sets are one of the smallest | | | | Woodland Scenics is a popular brand for trees |
| sizes of trains. They are quite small in size | | | | and buildings for train layouts. Scenery is a |
| and proper supervision of children is | | | | big part of the garden layout. People and |
| necessary around these small train sets. | | | | animal figurines are available in varying |
| Athearn, Atlas, American Model Builders, | | | | scale sizes that will coordinate with the |
| Bachmann, Branchline Trains, Busch, Classic | | | | different scale train layouts. Lifelike trees |
| Metal Works, Con-Cor, and Heljan are | | | | and shrubs come in a large variety of sizes |
| companies that make N Scale trains and/or | | | | and types. |
| products and scenery etc. Other companies are | | | | |