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  • Grandpa’s Holiday Train Garden Page for 2024

    (Last updated: 4 December 2024) Grandpa and Grandma are settled down cozily in south-central Pennsylvania. His grandsons are no longer train-crazy but he is still enamored with the Baltimore tradition of Christmas Train Gardens and continues to update this list of holiday train displays, now in its 20th year. The… Continue reading

  • Auto Train or Bust

    Ann and I were in Florida for a couple weeks and decided to take the Auto Train home instead of driving. The AMTRAK auto train runs from Sanford FL to Lorton VA and is a 17 hour trip. We were to arrive after 12:30 and before 3PM with a train… Continue reading

  • Fairfax Station January Meeting

    We held the January meeting, in the community room of the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum on Sunday, January 15th, 2023, from 11:00 until 5:30pm. WVMGRS members created a large table-top layout consisting of three large loops from 11:00 AM to noon. This effort offered us a great opportunity for us… Continue reading

  • Fairfax Station Layout

    WE’RE BACK! After a two year Covid hiatus our club once again provided its fund raiser support to The Friends of Fairfax Station Museum. As always in years past, the main reason we do this civic layout is to assist with their annual December fund raiser. This layout, and all others… Continue reading

  • Quiet Month

    It appears that February will be a much quieter month for the club compared to the last three. I would like to thank everyone who helped with the teardown of the Brookside Gardens display. Our members continue to amaze me. According to Jeff and a few other long-term members, this… Continue reading

  • New Year

    Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Now we can all step back and get back into our normal daily routines. Maybe the weather will be a bit nicer this month so we can run trains on our outdoor layouts. Between the… Continue reading

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