Model train enthusiasts share their passion

Ask Mike Rowe how many feet of track he has in the room he had built for his model train layout.“Maybe 1,000 feet,” he guessed as trains rolled around multiple tables, through tunnels and over a bridge longer than a man is tall.Smoke from the O-scale engines begins to gather around the track lighting as the Minden attorney works the roundabout that leads to the big shop.The layout is still a little bare, because Rowe has only been working on it for seven years.“In the summer I