The Rogue Valley is home to one of the longest-running railroad shows with this year's event making it 43 years in the Southern Oregon community.

“I just always loved trains, I think I saw my first one when I was four years old, the next train I had I had to share with a cousin and that did not work out too well,” said Jim Davenport, a model train enthusiast. “But back in my auto racing days, I had a train set where my cars were.”

With several railroad clubs present such as the Umpqua Railroad Club and Medford Railroad Club, there is a space for all local enthusiasts to enjoy.

“Being able to do as much as possible in real scale size, these are not toy trains, although there are toy trains here, our model trains and others like ours, they appeal to what I would describe as the hardcore model railroaders,” said Eric Smith, owner of Micro-Trains Line company.

Smith and the Micro-Trains Line also celebrated their 50th year of being in business and is based in Talent.

“We decorate our cars, we apply weathering, graffiti art, anything and everything you see out in real rails we can do in miniature,” Smith said.

Part of the proceeds from this year's show will go toward the Railroad Park for upgrades and maintenance.

Jim Davenport won this year's 1st place trophy for best display, part of it was due to the avid details he put in his display such as having the Beatles walk down Abbey Road.

“A lot of things like that I put in them to have people look and see if they can find them, and it really sparks their interests and the children just love it,” Davenport said. “They get big grins on their faces and their parents sometimes lift them up so they can see everything like from a drone.”