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SUMMARY:Planes and Trains Model Railroad Display
DESCRIPTION:\nDates\nNovember 20- 26\nClosed Thanksgiving Day\nNOVEMBER NEW
  HOURS!\nNovember Hours: 9:00-5:00 Monday through Saturday\nNovember Hours
 : 1:00-5:00 on Sunday\nLocation\nCentury of Flight Hangar\n\n\n\nCost\nFRE
 E - Planes and Trains is free to the public.\nAbout\nFor the 15th year the
  Middle Georgia Model Railroad Club will kick off the holiday season with 
 one of Middle Georgia’s largest model train displays at the Museum of Av
 iation during Thanksgiving week. The “Planes and Trains” exhibit is fr
 ee to the public November 20 - November 26.  The Museum will be closed on
  Thanksgiving Day.\n\nThe Century of Flight Hangar will be the site of lar
 ge model train displays and other railroad related exhibits. The club will
  have a HO-Scale train display that will feature up to 9 trains running co
 ntinuously on 3 main lines through landscape  scenes with miniature build
 ings\, cars\, bridges\, rivers\, buildings\, and an airport. Additional tr
 ains will be doing switching at model industrial sites and many of the mod
 ules offer points of interest. The Christmas On30-Scale layout returns thi
 s year. The club will also have a large N-Scale T- Trak/Foam-rail layout w
 hich also features a forestry module with Smokey the Bear and a drive-in. 
 An O-Scale Lionel layout inside the large G-Scale floor display. An HO-Sca
 le “Thomas the Tank” Engine layout on Sodor Island. The Z-Scale T-Trak
  layout will return this year. The MGMRC adds new modules and interest to 
 ensure the displays are changed every year.  The Museum Planes and Trains
  display will also include the addition of exhibits from the Southeastern 
 Railroad Museum\, Operation Lifesaver\, area Welcome Centers and others. T
 here will also be a commercial vendor with train-related items available. 
 Raffle tickets will be sold for a model train starter set.\n\nMGMRC member
 s will be on hand to answer questions about model trains and the hobby of 
 model railroading. The MGMRC has been around since the 1970s and currently
  has about 42 members. They hold a public meeting at the IHOP restaurant\,
  2710 Watson Boulevard\, Warner Robins on the third Tuesday of every month
  (except November and December) and invite anyone interested in learning a
 bout model railroading to come and join their meeting. See our web site a
 t MGMRC.org.\n\n\nPlanes and Trains began as a request by the Museum to pl
 ace a train around their Christmas Tree in 2008.  Joe Udemi was a volunte
 er in the museum restoration area\, as well a a member in the Middle Georg
 ia Model Railroad Club.  Through Joe\, the model railroad club not only p
 laced a G-scale train around the Christmas tree\, but also setup up an 8 m
 odule HO-Scale display and a small N-scale display.  This first display i
 n the Museum of Aviation by the Middle Georgia Model Railroad Club was not
  named at the time or advertised.  However\, by word of mouth\, the norma
 l visitor count was tripled during the display.  The Museum asked the MGM
 RC to setup again the following year.  Through the coordination with the 
 Museum\, the display received the name Planes and Trains.  They've been o
 n display each year ever since!\nLocation\nThe Century of Flight Hangar at
  the Museum of Aviation is the site of large operating layouts and other r
 ailroad-related exhibits.\n\n\n
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