Train Show

The first Saturday that Mary and Russ were here, we took the kids down to Ogden for a model train festival, which was held at the historic 25th street station. We spent hours wandering around the enormous building 'oohing' and 'aahing' over the many model trains that were on display from various vendors. There were all sorts of different scales of trains, from the very common HO variety, to the itty bitty Z scale, which was almost too small to see, and certainly too small to make out any detail! The vendors built elaborate backgrounds for these trains, complete with villages, roadways, and mountain passes. There was one set that even had a real smoking mountain. The mountain appeared to be covered with a forest fire, and with the flick of a button it started emitting smoke from the miniature blackened trees. I attempted to get a picture of this, but my camera mostly picked up the smoke, and made it difficult to see the amazing craftsmanship underneath. I think probably the best part of the train show was a gargantuan Lego train display. The display took up half of a large room, and had buildings, trains, models, and people all custom-crafted out of thousands and thousands of Lego's. I'll post a picture of it below, but the picture I was able to get only captured a percentage of what was actually there, and certainly doesn't do the workmanship justice. After perusing all the little trains inside the building, we made our way outside where the boys (including Grandpa) had a grand time climbing on the full size engines and cars. I did manage to get one good picture of the kids on our way out, but this will be a day that I'm sure will live on in our memories far more vividly than any of the photos I captured.