Lionel Railroad Club Draws a Crowd with Polar Express and Thomas the Train
The New Lenox-based Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club brings generations of train lovers together.
Miniature train collectors and enthusiast from throughout the Chicago area crowded Saturday into the Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club open house in New Lenox. The 5,000-square-foot club facility was certainly decked out for Christmas, meaning plenty of miniature trains were circling Christmas trees and looping their way through a complicated system of modular layouts. The Polar Express huffed its way along tracks right along with Thomas the Train and authentic looking Santa Fe freight trains, Alco chuggers and passenger trains out of the yards of New York Central and Penn Central stations. Club President Herb Koch said he is as excited today as he was when he first laid eyes on a miniature train. "I got my first train when I was 6 …
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7:18 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club also has a display at the Frankfort Library located at the corner of Pfeiffer Road and US. Rte 30 (Lincoln Highway) until January 5, 2013. more ›