EnterTRAINment Junction: The Middle Period of Railroading (1940s-1950s)
By now we were about an hour into our time at EnterTRAINment Junction, and the really cool parts of the layout were still ahead. In case you need to catch up, below are the previous posts discussing EnterTRAINment Junction.
1) EnterTRAINment Junction: A Fantastic Train Experience for the Family
2) EnterTRAINment Junction: The Early Years (1860s-1900s)
3) EnterTRAINment Junction’s Children’s Imagination Junction Play Area
4) EnterTRAINment Junction: The Middle Period of Railroading (1940s-1950s)
5) EnterTRAINment Junction: The Modern Period (1970s-Present)
The next section modeled the 1940s and 1950s. In this section we start to really see the changes in the landscape of America. The Country had taken a big swing towards commercialization and as an industrialized nation. Green spaces were quickly being replaced by hardscapes as is evident by the thriving model.
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Notice the beautifully detailed fire station, with incredibly detailed interior. Can you pick me up some vegetables at the market? The scale of the alleyway between the buildings is really under-appreciated in pictures. I would guess the alley is about 20-30 feet in length and gave a really great perspective.
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Notice the detail inside the Black Star Coal Corp. building. Did you notice the detail of the tire swing?
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Call the cops? Someone is breaking out the jail. Who was playing at the Fox Marquee?
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Notice the grand piano getting hoisted up the building. Can you spot the window washer?
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If you look on EnterTRAINment Junction’s website, you can see an early version of the drive-in theater and see how it has progressed. It is hard to believe it is even the same picture.
There was an elevated platform that was great for a bird’s eye view of the layouts. Do you see the bungee jumper or the people jumping into the river?
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The view overlooking the train yard really gave me an appreciation for the scale of the trains and the mountains. In the upper right corner you can see a whole new section of the layout being constructed on the upper level.
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At one point I remember showing my dad how the model builders had simulated rust dripping onto the piers below the steel bridges. Pay attention to everything when visiting EnterTRAINment Junction!
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What an incredible model train display – a person could spend hours checking out all the details!
Why are trains and train stations so romantic? I don’t know, but I love them and could’ve spent all day looking at this model.
I just love trains. But I’ve never gotten into model trains. These are fabulous! Lots of detail here.
Very cool..trains and train station conjure up romance and adventure.
This is incredible!! I am going to have to go back and see all the other pages about it – my husband & son love model trains.
Thanks for linking up this week!
The amount of detail is amazing! I’m not an aficionado of model trains, but this one I think I can spend hours on just looking for all the small details. (Dropping by from Nancie’s TPThursday!)
Wow! What a great place. My son would love it! We’ll have to put this on our list of fun kid activities! Thanks for the post.