COLORADO SPRINGS — With more than a mile of track, there's nothing miniature about the model railroad that occupies the basement of Bob Bandy's Colorado Springs home; under construction since 2000 ...

In 1951, Linn Westcott wrote a story about his ideas for a million-dollar model railroad. It was a thought experiment that looked at everything from the layout space to how he'd control the trains.

With more than a mile of track and under construction for more than two decades, there's nothing miniature about the model railroad that occupies the basement of Bob Bandy's Colorado Springs home.