Looking for something for the kids to do over Christmas break? Maybe something local? The Garnett Public Library can help. The library is featuring model trains in its display cases. There are from the collections of Mike Canavan and Skip Landis. Both gentlemen have built several extensive model train layouts and have attended many model train shows. The display features 2 N-gauge models and 4 O-gauge models. The detailed N-gauge models are made lifelike and are late 1940s and early 1950s vintage of Kansas City Southern Freight and Leigh Valley Freight. The O-gauge models feature Lionel and MTH Stock. Lionel model sets were first used to display merchant goods in store windows in NYC. The bottom shelf of the case is the Lionel 100th Anniversary Christmas Freight set. The three shelves above are Mike’s train house models. One is a replica of the famous 1930s and 1940s Passenger Empire State Express. The other is a replica of the 1940s Pennsylvania Turbine Passenger Express. The top shelf features Lionel’s 2016 remote control John Deere Collector set. Stop by during the month of December and perhaps the magic of trains under the Christmas tree will send you back in time!
