Norwood Junction

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Bob Rustemeyer Norwood Park stands middle his family's garden-scale model tralayout backyard as he arranges some figurines which fell over

Bob Rustemeyer of Norwood Park stands in the middle of his family's garden-scale model train layout in the backyard as he arranges some of the figurines which fell over in the wind. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

DRustemeyer Norwood Park cleans track so model traruns more smoothly backyard. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Don Rustemeyer of Norwood Park cleans the track so the model train runs more smoothly in the backyard. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A model inter-urban trapasses through model town layout Rustemeyer's Norwood Park home which lights up night. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A model inter-urban train passes through a model town in a layout at the Rustemeyer's Norwood Park home which lights up at night. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A model tracircles car show model downtown Five R Railroad's Norwood JunctiRustemeyer's backyard Norwood Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A model train circles a car show in the model downtown of the Five R Railroad's Norwood Junction in the Rustemeyer's backyard in Norwood Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Shirley Rustemeyer (left) Norwood Park sBob look over garden-scale model tratheir backyard. Shirley takes care plants while Bob other family

Shirley Rustemeyer (left) of Norwood Park and son Bob look over the garden-scale model train in their backyard. Shirley takes care of the plants while Bob and the other family members handle the trains. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Bob Rustemeyer (left) Norwood Park talks with his dad Bill as they watch their garden-scale model tralayout backyard. | Ryan

Bob Rustemeyer (left) of Norwood Park talks with his dad Bill as they watch their garden-scale model train layout in the backyard. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Bob Rustemeyer Norwood Park holds control for few eight trains which run around family's track. Each traruns different channel. |

Bob Rustemeyer of Norwood Park holds the control for a few of the eight trains which run around the family's track. Each train runs on a different channel. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Bob Rustemeyer Norwood Park adjusts one buildings his family's backyard tralayout. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Bob Rustemeyer of Norwood Park adjusts one of the buildings on his family's backyard train layout. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A garden-scale model trawhich is about 1/29th size real traruns around track which is decorated with buildings figurines look like

A garden-scale model train, which is about 1/29th the size of a real train, runs around the track which is decorated with buildings and figurines to look like a real town. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Model freight trains pass through Norwood JunctiRustemeyer's backyard Norwood Park. They sometimes clear snow winter run trains. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times

Model freight trains pass through the Norwood Junction in the Rustemeyer's backyard in Norwood Park. They sometimes clear the snow in the winter to run the trains. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A model steam traruns along track Rustemeyer's backyard Norwood Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A model steam train runs along a track in the Rustemeyer's backyard in Norwood Park. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Bob Rustemeyer Norwood Park adjusts freight trahis family's backyard tralayout. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Bob Rustemeyer of Norwood Park adjusts the freight train on his family's backyard train layout. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Don Rustemeyer of Norwood Park cleans the track so the model train runs more smoothly in the backyard. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

What started as a simple model train loop in the backyard in 1998 has expanded to take up the whole backyard at Bill Rustemeyer’s home in Norwood Park. “It started a lot smaller and every year we expanded it a little bit,” Bill said. Now …