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Model railroading: A hobby that grows on you

Matt Torkelson-Boeck, 15, displays his model train layout inside his familys garage in Monroe. He won a model train kit at a Green County Model Railroaders show a few years, and has embraced the hobby by adding more trains, buildings and accessories to his collection. (Times photo: Anthony Wahl )

Matt Torkelson-Boeck, 15, displays his model train layout inside his familys garage in Monroe. He won a model train kit at a Green County Model Railroaders show a few years, and has embraced the hobby by adding more trains, buildings and accessories to his collection. (Times photo: Anthony Wahl )

MONROE - Matt Torkelson-Boeck, 15, Monroe, has always been intrigued by trains. But when he won a model railroad kit a couple years ago at the Green County Model Railroaders' show, he had no idea the hobby would grow on him - or with him. "It's fun," he said.