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Our 2018 Holiday Train Display ran from Friday November 16th through Chirstmas Eve on Monday, December 24th. Trains were running for 380 hours over 28 days.   "Looking through the fence"           Jim Jenkins on the Throttle     Candy by Walter Fossett and Ben Thurlow   Campground by the Ski Lift   Busy at the Sinclair Gas Station   PRR Freight rolls through North  Conway Station Mathiu running trains with Ben      

On Sunday 12/16 Alberta and her sons Peter and Paul came to run trains at the Mall. They brought in the Christmas train set that dad Earl purchased some years ago. It has two sets of locomotives and tenders, one red and one green. Peter and Paul set up the train, and Alberta was the Engineer. Alberta, Paul, and Peter   Peter and the Red Locomotive   Steaming Through....   Christmas Train and Terry's New Amtrak     Chirstmas Train Video    

Recently we had a visit from Mathiu, a 14 year old boy, and his Mom Mary. Ben invited them into the Control Area and showed Mathiu how to run the trains. Mary, Mathiu and Ben   Ben had the idea of donating a train set to Mathiu. With help from several other members and the Club, the donation was made this past Sunday, December 16. Mathiu came in with his Mom Mary and brothers JP and Antonie       Santa helped with the gift, which was a surprise to Mathiu         Antonie, Mary, Scott Gould, JP, Mathiu, Ben Braithwaite and Dennis Farrell       

The annual Model Railroad Celebration took place at the Maine State Museum on the first weekend in December. The Great Falls Model Railroad Club, Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Narrow Gauge Railway and the Maine 3Railers O Scale Model Railroad Club  had layouts . Village with Triple Track Bridge Canadian Pacific Holiday Train with Lionel Camera Car   The Lionel Camera Car is a new product this year. The camera is in the back of the car. It transmits pictures to a tablet so they can be seen by visitors to the layout.     Polar Express Layout     Holiday Layout     Video of Brewery Building Operation     The Real Canadian Pacific Holiday Train               

Boothbay Railway Village is back for the 3rd year with the Model Train Village in the Children's Department on the 2nd floor of the Freeport Store. Here are some pictured videos of the fun with train. There are two G-Scale trains on the outside of the layout and a raised O-Scale train in the center.  There is also a working carousel, rotating Christmas Tree, and two skating rinks. L.L Bean Freeport Store 1920s Era Model   Model of Freeport Station     Trains and Operating Carousel     Around the Village   Trains Crossing at Thorndike Station   All Three Trains     The actual Freeport Station can now be seen at the Boothbay Railway Village.            

MGRS provided and staff the Maine Line Trains at the Westbrook Festival of Trees again this year. The Festival is held at the Westbrook Warren Congregational Church for a week in early December each year. Paul Corbett began providing the Maine Line Trains layout about a dozen years ago, and it continues with the help of MGRS volunteers. The trains runs during the many activities that happen during the Festival, and all the Kindergarden classes in Westbrook come to   visit. This is definitely "fun for children of all ages "  Christmas Tree Stand Lights Out Video Village Siding Stop Passengers at the Station Snowball Fight     Behind the Scenes   Santa Bear on Skis   Moose and Calf near the tracks   Thanks to Dennis & Agnes Farrell, Peter Richards,  Paul Schell, Doug Johnson, Paul Corbett and Sam Carr for helping with this event.   Paul Schnell also leads the Boy Singers of Maine who performed at the Festival on Saturday evening.   Boy...

      We are well into running trains in our 4th week of the Holiday Train Display. Lots of visitors have come to see us, and crowds are sometimes large. The raffle for a Thomas  Christmas set is VERY popular with lots of folks filling out entries for the drawing on December 22nd. Skating Rink near North Conway Station 31 Circus Elephants mean a lot of Cleanup Patriot Tool & Die built by Ernie Packard Canadian Pacific rolls under the John Jackson Drawbridge     New Food Truck at the Mall   Ask Tice Leonard about his patches....   "Back to the Future" rides the rails   Here is a video of two European Trains   LGB Freight and Passenger Trains   Used Car lot - vehicles by Terry Norton and building by Ernie Packard     Thomas & Percy - the Kids Favorite     Do you see the Fisherman at the Fish Pool?   Amtrak passing Packard Lumber Co.