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The club will be raffling off an LGB Starter Set today at the Mall.  Tickets will be handed out starting when the display opens this morning. The winner will be drawn today at 3pm, and people with tickets must be present to win.

At 9am on Thursday, December 26th we will be packing up and moving the Holiday Train Display out of the Mall.  Dave Blue will be bringing the club trailer.  Please help us wrap up out 10th event and take home anything you brought in to help us look good! And please mark your calendars for our next event, which is running trains for Strive Rocks at the Cross Arena in Portland on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

The layout of Freeport in the 1920s is back in the Children's Department on the second floor at 95 Main Street in Freeport through December 31.  Information about the trains and the rest of the Northern Lights Celebration can be found at  the  Northern Lights Web Page This display includes both G scale trains on the lower level and O scale trains on an upper level There is a nice model of the L.L. Bean Factory Store from the 1920s along with an operating carousel, downtown area, farm and skating rink. Carousel and Original Factory Store Skating  Rink Farm with L.L. Bean O27 Boxcar on Trestle behind it Sidings and Water Tank In addition to a model of Freeport Station, there is a poster about how it was moved north and became part of the Boothbay Railway Village. Freeport Station Model Poster Part 1 Poster Part 2 A nd some video of the layout Trains at Freeport Station Operating Carousel 1920s Gas Station

The Festival of Trees took place from December 7-14 and Maine Train Lines ran daily for the visitors of all ages.  The decor this year was the old west of 1880s with a small town in Colorado and an Indian Village. We had over 800 visitors including all the kindergarten classes in Westbrook. Thanks to Peter Richards, Doug Johnson, Dennis & Agnes Farrell, Paul Corbett and Sam Carr for helping with this event. Main Street In Durango, Colorado Tepees in the Village Wells Fargo Bank Robbery with old time photographer Chief overlooking the Village Locomotive leaving the Water Tank Chicken Dance Sound Car rolling through the Old West

Our 10th Annual Holiday Train Display has now been operating since November 16th and will close  next week on December 24th at 5pm.  Here is some of the fun we have been having. Amtrak rolls by the Mountain Deven replacing bad curved track Hopefully Tice is only getting a warning Photo with permission of the owner Container Stack Train Chevrolet Parking for Conway Station And some videos.... Stack Train and European Freight Christmas Factory Tour