Model railroading is more than just a hobby for enthusiasts around the world, it is a passion. If you’re considering getting into the hobby, you won’t be disappointed. Although the first model train sets appeared in the mid to late 1800’s, it wasn’t until the 1950s when scale model trains became more widely available that people started collecting and displaying trains as a hobby. The sets produced today are much more technologically advanced than in previous decades and the layouts which include everything you would find in real life railroad settings such as bridges, tunnels, people, rivers, buildings, and more, have all become very realistic.