MONROE - The Green County Model Railroaders will be hosting its 34th Annual Model Train Show and Swap Meet at The Stateline Ice and Community Expo, 1632 4th Ave. West, this weekend.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30. Admission is $5 for adults; children 12 and under are free.
The appeal of model railroading reaches many with a love of trains or interest in carpentry, wiring and electronics, painting, sculpting and drafting, which all come into play when building a model railroad layout or display, organizers say. Many modelers study real-life railroading to create more accurate models and layout operations. Others collect railroad artifacts and memorabilia, such as maps, timetables, lamps, dinning car china or advertising items from railroads past and present.
There will be more than 15 layouts in multiple scales, ranging from small train set-style displays to large modular layouts using the latest in digital command control systems to control multiple large trains; train memorabilia displays showing items from the past; classic train layouts that allow kids to push buttons to make things move; and vendors with a large variety of model railroading items for sale.
Also new this year is a demonstration of model structure building working with plastic, wood and plaster materials at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. There will also be informal opportunities to talk with and ask questions of the exhibitors; door prizes; and a youth drawing to win one of two model railroad sets given away at this year's show.
More information is available at www.gcmrrinc.org.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30. Admission is $5 for adults; children 12 and under are free.
The appeal of model railroading reaches many with a love of trains or interest in carpentry, wiring and electronics, painting, sculpting and drafting, which all come into play when building a model railroad layout or display, organizers say. Many modelers study real-life railroading to create more accurate models and layout operations. Others collect railroad artifacts and memorabilia, such as maps, timetables, lamps, dinning car china or advertising items from railroads past and present.
There will be more than 15 layouts in multiple scales, ranging from small train set-style displays to large modular layouts using the latest in digital command control systems to control multiple large trains; train memorabilia displays showing items from the past; classic train layouts that allow kids to push buttons to make things move; and vendors with a large variety of model railroading items for sale.
Also new this year is a demonstration of model structure building working with plastic, wood and plaster materials at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. There will also be informal opportunities to talk with and ask questions of the exhibitors; door prizes; and a youth drawing to win one of two model railroad sets given away at this year's show.
More information is available at www.gcmrrinc.org.