RICHMOND, Va. -- The 46th Annual Model Railroad Show at the Science Museum of Virginia presented by Dominion Energy is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

(Abiola Odutola/The Brandon Sun) “The N-scale model has a ratio of 1:160, making it smaller, while the HO scale is 1:87, which is the most common scale in the world,” Stumme said on Saturday.

The historic 1905 L&N Railroad Depot is at 219 N. First Ave. and will be open from noon until 5 p.m. The 1960 SCL Caboose located behind the depot will also be open during the same hours.

For those working in the N scale, there’s now an easy way of observing your project as the train driver would see it: [Vassily98] managed to squeeze a wireless camera into an N-scale railcar.

While smaller, the N scale railroad cars, equipment and scenery allow more detail, club members said. But you don't need to know any of that to become a member or at least visit at Pensacola Model ...

An N scale train is 1/160th the size of a life-sized train, and it runs along tracks set 9 millimeters apart. The larger HO scale about twice the size, at 1/87th actual size.

Bought my first model railroad car, a little silver ore car in N scale, when I was about five. Got rid of the N scale stuff upon moving to California a while back and joining an HO train club.