Railroad Festival - A Real Crowd Pleaser

Two photos below: September 28: 280 people attended the Railroad Festival sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce. These photos were taken at the model train show inside Palmer Lake Town Hall. More model trains were on exhibit at the firehouse next door and at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry in Gleneagle. Four clubs participated: The Pikes Peak Division of the National Model Railroad Association, Slim Rail of Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak N Gineers, and the "G" Scalers, whose layout was set up at the Museum of Mining and Industry.

Two photos below: The award-winning Buffalo Rock module made by Woodmoor resident John Campbell, a member of the Slim Rail club of Colorado Springs. The club makes modular Colorado Narrow Gauge model train layouts

[ Home ] [ About OCN ] [ Advertise in OCN ] [ Calendar ] [ Contact Us ] [ Help Wanted ] [ Latest and Back Issues ] [ Links ] [ Maps ] [ Subscribe to OCN ] [ Top Stories ] [ Web Site Updates ]

This page was last modified on April 17, 2007. Home page: www.ourcommunitynews.org.