Thalia Dahdah, age 9 of Red Hook, likes the train villages. (Photos by Phyllis McCabe)
One of the Mid-Hudson Valley’s premier train and railroad hobby shows came to the Andy Murphy Midtown Center in Kingston on Sunday, October 23. It featured 11,000 square feet of operating layouts, dealer and vendor tables, model train exhibits, LEGO trains, modular layouts, railroadiana, Thomas the Tank trains, food and refreshments, kid’s corner playing area and more.
Larry Roth of Ravena, a rail evangelist, stands next to a model of the Ulster and Delaware Railway.Theo, age 3 of New Paltz, is enjoying the show with his father Dave.Author John Ham of Hunter autographs one of his four books on historic trains in New York, including the Catskill Mountains and Mohawk Valley railroad systems and the legendary Catskill Mountain House.
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