Winners of the High School Model Rail Contest 2023

I think with schools now having engineering or science departments and introducing 3D Printers, many schools are getting more of their students involved in the competition.

Tokyo competition alone had over 150 schools competing, but it's great to see larger participation.

Interesting...like anywhere else, you can see the difference between school budgets. Some with 3D printing, while others had to rely on the old way of Styrofoam, paper and painting.

But one thing that's cool to see is more females students now getting interested in diorama/trains and really going all out. Including all-girls schools now competing and winning.

This year was also the first time to allow for international schools to join the competition and a Taiwan technical school won the Viewer's Choice Vote, which is huge.