In Walferdange, Expo Trains brings together railway modelling layouts from several countries. The event continues this Sunday, 8 November, at the Centre Prince Henri, from 10:00 to 17:00. Among the models on display, trains travel through landscapes inspired by real places as well as imaginary settings.
From miniature train to landscape
RTL’s report gives three examples of these worlds: the Erzgebirge in Germany, the Ardèche and a fictional destination in the United States. The miniature layout therefore does not simply reproduce a locomotive. It combines rolling stock with tracks, terrain and surroundings that give it a place within a landscape.
These two dimensions offer different ways of looking at the models. The train and its movement can hold the viewer’s attention; the buildings and scenery also make it possible to follow how a place is represented. A layout inspired by an existing region does not have the same aim as an invented destination, even when both feature miniature trains in motion.
RTL highlights the thousands of hours of work devoted to the models. This gives an idea of the patient construction that takes place before they are presented to the public: what we see brings together several elements, rather than being limited to the passing of a train alone.
Layouts from several countries
According to RTL, nineteen exhibitors are taking part in this edition, including participants from the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Norway. The event thus offers the chance to discover, in one place, several ways of representing the railway and its surroundings.
The De Maaslijn association also lists Expo Trains in Walferdange in its diary for 7 and 8 November 2026, with the Nordlandsbanen layout. This exhibitor’s calendar provides an additional point of reference alongside the report: layouts travel from one model railway event to another, and Walferdange is one of those gatherings.
Key information for the final day
For this Sunday, 8 November, RTL announces opening hours of 10:00 to 17:00 at the Centre Prince Henri. Admission is listed at 9 euros, with free entry for children up to 12 years old. Any special arrangements for visitors can be confirmed with the organiser.
The exhibition brings together different geographical inspirations through a shared practice: building a world to the scale of a train. Not every model is presented as a copy of an existing place; invention is also part of the journey on offer.
References
A railway modelling layout in Pečky. Illustrative photograph, separate from the Walferdange exhibition.
Photograph: Sächsische IV K — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0.
