In their backyard, Al and Bev Mann have 550 feet of model-railroad tracks that run past a pond, a waterfall, a market and a used-car dealership, among many other landmarks. But in 2005, the first year ...

Three years ago Cliff Parsons was sitting in a pub with Roger Daltrey, one of his model-railway-obsessed mates. Daltrey – better known in some circles as frontman with a rock’n’roll outfit called The ...