Some build them in their basements. But Dick Shellenberg's train set takes up most of his backyard. The retired elementary school principal has turned model train conductor in the town of Corning.

A train buff has spent more than five years building a stunning working miniature railway track - in his own back garden. James Ardin, 36, created the 660-yard line, which circles his three-acre plot ...

Some people build them in their basements, but one Iowa man's train set took up most of his backyard. Retired elementary school principal Dick Shellenberg spent hours upon hours outside fine tuning ...