MIDDLEBURY — The Essenhaus campus will host its annual train show from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 21.

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society’s famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout was broken up again, this time for good.

For some, the allure of a real, physical world that you create and control is overwhelming. Combine that with a love of trains, and you get the model railroad. Some are incredibly detailed, and it ...