Inside the world of Memphis model railroaders
A line of model trains at the Bluff City Division of the National Model Railroading Association’s headquarters. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
In a room above the garage in his Southaven home, Steven Flowers has a 17-by-19-foot model railroad layout.
He’s a prototype modeler, which means he makes setups that look like actual places, and this one is inspired by the Paducah and Louisville Railway’s Mayfield district in Kentucky.
It’s hard not to be impressed by the meticulous details.
Flowers ballasted the track with crushed limestone. He created a Chick-Fil-A advertisement that says “don’t have a cow” and glued it to a lit billboard.
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John Klyce
John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city. He previously spent four years with the Memphis Business Journal, where he covered public companies, startups, and innovation, and a fifth year with The Commercial Appeal, where he covered education, and chronicled how gun violence and poverty were affecting Memphis youth and their families. He has also been a fellow with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. John has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University.
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