Editing Rail transport modelling (section)

==In popular culture==
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[[File:Model Railway disease.jpg|thumb|A humorous sign regarding "model railway disease"]]
* In the 1990 film ''[[Back to the Future III]]'', Doc brown builds a "crude" electrified model rail "not to scale" to demonstrate his time travel experiment to Marty in 1885. 
* In ''[[Hinterland (TV series)|Hinterland]]'' Season 1, Episode 4 ("The Girl in the Water"), a semi-recluse who lives and works at [[Borth railway station]] maintains a model train set with custom made components; the set and certain components contribute to a death as well as provide important clues to a murder investigation. During the investigation, DCI Tom Mathias reveals that his late brother was a model train aficionado.
* In ''[[The Sopranos]]'', [[Bobby Baccalieri]] is a model train aficionado. He is shown wearing an engineer's cap while playing with model trains in his garage. 
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Reverend Lovejoy]] is often depicted playing with his model trains when not on ecumenical duty, often while wearing a conductor's uniform and hat. His character may be a nod to the real life [[Reverend W. Awdry]].
* In ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'', Season 7 Episode 4, "Friends of the Dead", heavy metal singer [[Sebastian Bach]] is a featured guest at the Bangor model train convention and is introduced as "our Competitive Model Train World Champion". He expresses a dislike of alleged rival model train competitor [[Patrick Swayze]]. Attendees at the family event are shocked by Sebastian's use of obscenities as he attempts to work the crowd in a rock concert fashion shouting, "I know, I just know, that there are some great f**king trains here in Bangor!"
* In ''[[That '90s Show]]'', [[List of That '70s and '90s Show characters#Red Forman|Red Forman]] runs a model railway in the garage after he retired.