The Toy Collectors: 'Trains are fantastic... everybody likes a train on Christmas Day'

Sarah Horgan experiences what is believed to be the largest train set of its kind in an Irish home, the models can be controlled by a total of three people at a time

Kevin Meaney from Douglas has been collecting model railways since he was 10 and has amassed Cork's biggest trainset in a private house filling not just his 2000 sq ft attic but most of his back garden too. Picture: Chani Anderson

Kevin Meany is living the ultimate schoolboy fantasy after constructing one of Ireland’s most impressive railway stations in his own home.

While Kevin worked hard to carve out a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, he says he has never forgotten the value of playtime, and the extent of his passion truly is a sight to behold in his South Douglas Road home in Cork.