I *believe* lots of people around the world model US railroads/railroading. I was just looking at a real nice model railroad by a guy in Sweden ... a UP western US layout with AC44's and such.
But, do many Americans run trains from another land? MTH sells them, right?
As do Roco, Fleishmann, Marklin, Trix, Bemo, LGB, etc.
There's a US based organization devoted to them, the European Train Enthusiasts.
Here's some images from the All American Railroad Show 2014 where the Chicagoland Chapter exhibited:
And they can run Marklin stud AC, conventional 2 rail DC, DCC, and off overhead all on the same track.
They keep trying to rope me in...
Rusty