Local model railroad group, collectors and enthusiasts gathered Sunday at a Model Railroad & Toy Train Flea Market in Austintown. 

The event, hosted by The Youngstown Model Railroad Association, featured displays of model trains as well as all gauges of model railroad equipment, memorabilia and railroad-related items. 

"We bring in vendors from across the country, some local and some farther away," Treasurer Bruce Silvernail said.

Silvernail stated that vendors also offer scenery for displays, tickets and other materials left over from railroads. 

"With fewer and fewer hobby shops around, some people like to see it and touch it before they buy it and not buy it online," he said.

Silvernail also mentioned how the STEM aspects (science, technology, engineering and math) of model railroading, as well as the electronic components and engineering that go with it, have allowed for the hobby to continue to grow through younger generations.

"Every so many years, they say model railroad is dying, and it is, right now, there is a lot of older people that are in it, but more young people are coming in," Silvernail said.

The Youngstown Model Railroad Association was formed in 1957 after a magazine ad was placed by Robert Folsom, looking to begin a Youngstown railroad club.