For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
FREMONT -- A 12-foot-by-24-foot operating model train featuring six 19th-century-style trains will be at the Hayes Presidential Center from Jan. 1-9.
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Large model trains at Hayes Center (Port Clinton News Herald)
After a decade of detailed and dedicated work, Ward Armstrong’s miniature masterpiece is complete. Armstrong, an attorney who represents the 10th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, said he has only two to three hours a month to spare for his hobby, model trains.
Continue here: Armstrong creates intricate train setup with holiday theme (Martinsville Bulletin)
Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic will take place form 4-9 p.m. Dec. 26-31 at Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road. This year's Holiday Magic will feature new elements including the Wild Lights Spectacular light show at Roosevelt Fountain and an indoor model railroad candyland-theme display that can simultaneously run up to 13 trains.
Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic will take place form 4-9 p.m. Dec. 26-31 at Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road. This year's Holiday Magic will feature new elements including the Wild Lights Spectacular light show at Roosevelt Fountain and an indoor model railroad candyland-theme display that can simultaneously run up to 13 trains. The festival will also include professional ice-carving demonstrations ...
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The Doings Calendar (The Doings La Grange)
The Glancy Trains Show is rolling into the Detroit Historical Museum. Model trains in all gauges, plus accessories, structures, switches and track, will be available for purchase from collectors and dealers. Appraisals will be available, as will technical advice. Proceeds from the show will benefit the museum's exhibit "The Glancy Trains."
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Entertainment best bets (Detroit Free Press)
In many basements throughout town you might find a game room with a giant pool table, an entertainment room with a home theater system and a projector, or simply a room filled with years of knickknacks too cherished to toss but too numerous in number to fit anywhere else.
From model trains to trees and gingerbread homes, these resorts deck the halls.
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Spectacular Holiday Hotel Displays (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
Within seconds of walking into the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, you’ll hear the whistles blowing. Once you step foot into the main exhibit hall, you’ll be transported back to a simpler era where life emanated out from the local train...
More here: Watch the trains go by in Kings Mountain (The Gaston Gazette)
SEBASTIAN — They’ll be rolling around the Christmas tree in Sebastian on Dec. 24 — Sunnys holiday model train display returns to the park just in time for Christmas.
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'All aboard!' on Christmas Eve in Sebastian | Video (Indian River Press Journal)
ANGLETON — When Santa is due to come around, so do the men who used to play with toy train sets as kids. “This is when grandpa brings the grandkids in,” said John Wilbeck, owner of Riverview Trains in Angleton. “He says he’s buying his grandson a train set.
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Christmas gift buyers turn to collectibles (The Facts)