Do you like trains? Of course you do, who doesn’t? Your chance to see some pretty cool model trains has arrived at the Garnett Public Library. They have filled their display case with some historical model trains from the Mike Canavan and Skip Landis collections. Mike’s collection specializes in “N” Gauge, while Skip’s collection is vintage “O” Gauge.
The “O” Gauge display offers viewers a glance back to the late 40’s and early 50’s with a series of steam driven coal and passenger trains. Also a 1949 MTH Pennsylvania Steam Turbine passenger set and a 1947 Lionel Steam Engine passenger set, along with an early 50’s K-Line Coal Car set and some of the collector train action accessories from the late 1940’s to the late 1950’s.
The “N” Gauge display features a Kansas City-Southern Engine with cars representing various midwestern rail lines, including an Atchison-Topeka-Santa Fe Caboose and a Leigh Valley engine with cars representing Eastern Rail Lines, along with pieces of railroad working equipment.
Stop by the library soon, bring your kids and grandkids. Check out the big display case and have visions of your childhood.
