Paul–Cappelloni has been active in model railroading and railroad preservation for over 30 years. He is the former president of both the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Historical Society and the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society, now TOYX. He has presented clinics at the Valley Forge RPM meetings, ELRRHS, and DLWRH&TS events. Prior to moving back to Pennsylvania in 1998, he was an active member of the North Shore Model Railroad Club in Wakefield, MA. In 2006 his Bangor & Portland Branch layout was featured in Model Railroading magazine as part of the build up to the NMRA national convention held in Philadelphia that year.
