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2025 NMRBO Winners

Page title text 'THE RESULTS ARE IN: THE 2025 WINNERS' in orange and black, alongside the Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off logo on the left.

ADULT - Silver Screen Scenes

FIRST PLACE  - Eben Jordan – “Stand By Me”

Eben Jordan, a man in a blue button-down shirt, stands outside beside his detailed winning model train layout. His scene "Stand By Me" features a miniature hill, tracks across a bridge, and a train, with a scenic backdrop. A house and mature trees are in the background behind Eben.

SECOND PLACE - Henry Nack - "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

A smiling young Henry Nack wearing an olive green t-shirt with a gold printed logo for 'Shreveport Water Works Museum' stands behind his winning model train diorama. The scene, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", features green passenger trains on track across dry terrain with miniature trees. Part of the train appears to be actively exploding, with a brightly lit burst of orange smoke effect with shrapnel; tiny people are thrown back from the force.

THIRD PLACE - Roman (Ron) Pastucha - "Duel"

Roman (Ron) Pastucha wears a dusty red short-sleeve button-up shirt as he stands behind his detailed winning model train layout on a table with plants in the background. The display is "Duel", and features a car and a truck waiting on a road that is blocked by a train that includes three cars, one labeled cotton belt.

Honorable Mention - Martin and Peter Ford - "The General"

Martin and Peter Ford stand outdoors in front of dense green foliage, with a model train forest diorama displayed on a table in the foreground. One man wears a navy zip-up hoodie over a red shirt and gestures with a peace sign, while the other wears a blue-and-green checkered button-up shirt. The train scene, "The General", features a train on a bridge. The track has broken behind the train, and it's causing the track under the train to bow down below the train.

Honorable Mention - Robert Hansen - "Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy"

Robert Hanson, wearing glasses and a blue t-shirt, stands behind a highly detailed miniature model of an historic city street scene, featuring a tall building with a clock tower, a crane structure at a tall construction site, and a trolley-type train on tracks.

Honorable Mention - Peter Van Campenhout - "Breaking Bad"

Peter Van Campenhout stands outdoors, in front of a wooden fence and a large bird of paradise plant. In front of Peter, we see his "Breaking Bad" miniature model train set on a diorama landscape. The scene includes a yellow Union Pacific locomotive, a white boxcar, and a black tanker on a track with a desert-like terrain and sky back. The train is stopped at a road for a truck, and it appears tubes may be siphoning something from the tanker.

FREESTYLE

FIRST PLACE - George Stanis

George Stanis, wearing glasses and a plaid shirt, smiles behind a detailed miniature lighthouse diorama model on a dark tabletop against a plain blue-gray background.

SECOND PLACE - Alan Carter

Alan Carter--an older man with white hair--stands beside a model city street scene. Alan is wearing a navy blue short-sleeve button-up shirt with an orange palm tree pattern.

THIRD PLACE - Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe wearing a white t-shirt and sunglasses stands behind a very large and detailed miniature construction yard model. The scene has buildings to the side, and a yard with raw materials and heaps of stuff being loaded into open train cars on tracks that run along the front side, closest to us. Michael is outdoors in a grassy area with luscious trees in the background.

HONORABLE MENTION - David Hreha

David sits behind his highly detailed miniature industrial model train layout, positioned in front of a white garage door.

HONORABLE MENTION - Robert Kirkum

A man with glasses and a beard takes a selfie in front of a detailed model train diorama featuring a blue and white freight train on a trestle bridge over a river.

HONORABLE MENTION - Theodore O'Brien

Theodore stands behind a large, detailed miniature diorama model featuring tall yellow rock formations, green trees, a bridge, and small construction vehicles.

YOUTH SILVER SCREEN SCENES

HONORABLE MENTION - James Larkin - "The Polar Express"

A young man wearing a peach t-shirt and a baseball cap sits behind a miniature model train layout on a green grass lawn. The layout features a black model train, a brick bridge, a snowy hill with small pine trees, and a passenger train car.