Families having fun at the model-trains display. Photo by Bonnie Hobbs/The Connection
The Northern Virginia Model Railroaders held an open house Saturday afternoon, Sept. 13, at the historic Vienna Train Station. Attendees got to see and hear model trolleys and steam and diesel trains in a multi-level, railroad layout representing the mountainous terrain and towns of Western North Carolina.
There were models of train yards, plus passenger, freight and mail trains, between Asheville and Spencer, N.C. This is a permanent display containing 100-150 railcars and 250,000 railroad ties. This model-railroaders club has been based in Vienna since 1976 and has about 85 members. For more information, go to www.nvmr.org.
— Bonnie Hobbs