Model train enthusiast Dwight Folderol this week unvieled the

world's largest model train layout.  He poses here with the

trestle he built over a river in his backyard. "The track is four

feet eight and half inches wide – by far the widest track of

any model train layout in the world," he states with pride. 

When it's pointed out that 4 ft 8.5 inches is, in point fact,

the exact measurements of standard gauge railroad track,

Foldoerol is momentarily taken aback. "You're saying that

my model railroad isn't a model, it's a railroad?" he asks,

watching as a steam-puffing locomotive pulls boxcars

around an enormous oval. He shakes his head. "Wish I'd

thought of that. It would have been a lot easier just to

buy an old train than to make one from styromfoam and

siding. But what are you going to do?"