Model Railroad Celebration at Maine State Museum

The Maine State Museum holds its annual Model Railroad Celebration each year in early December. Children of all ages come to see operating model railroad layouts from the

--Maine 3Railers O-Scale Club
--Great Falls Model Railroad Club
--Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington (WW&F) Railway Museum

Here is a story and video from WABI TV about this event. Be patient with the ad the comes before it...

Model Railroad Celebration at Maine State Museum

And an article from the Portland Press Herald

Young and Old All Aboard for Holiday Train Show

The Maine State Museum has railroad engines of their own. One of them is the LION, built in Boston by Maine native Homes Hinkley in 1846. Purchased new by the Palmer and Machiasport Railroad, this freight engine was used for nearly fifty years to carry lumber from the sawmills at Whitney to the wharves at Machiasport. The LION, and a sister engine the TIGER (1842) were in continuous service until 1892. After being sold to a Portland scrap dealer, the LION was saved in 1898 and given to the University of Maine in 1905. It was transferred to the Maine State Museum in 1986. and today is 8th oldest Amercan-build locomotive in existence.

The LION at Maine State Museum

Here are some pictures and videos from this year's Model Railroad Celebration.

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Christmas Village

Christmas Train - locomotive with flashing lights

Great Falls HO Layout - scale comparison cars at left

WW&F HO and N Scale Layout




Great Falls Z Scale Layout in a Suitcase

A Little Yard  Work....

Logging Train Operations