One of the largest O scale model railway layouts in North America: Model Railroad Club of Toronto

After watching European model railroad layouts on Pilentum Television’s YouTube Channel, it is time to discover model trains from North America, namely from Canada. We do not explore a small train diorama in this video, however, we discover one of the largest model railway layouts in O scale, built by the Model Railroad Club of Toronto. All aboard! Let’s discover the famous Central Ontario Railway during a cab ride video layout tour. The Model Railroad Club of Toronto was founded 1938 by Borden Lilley and Harry Ebert, originally meeting and building a model railroad layout in Harry’s basement. Quickly outgrowing this space, they obtained a large space in 1939 on the 4th floor of Toronto Union Station. During the next six years they built a fairly decent model rail layout with the scarce materials available during the wartime years. In 1946, with railway business expanding, the Union Station needed more space and asked the Club to vacate their premises. With Harry Ebert in the real estate business,