The 69th Buckeye Model Train Show was held in the Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus on Dec. 11. Attracting railroad fans, modelers and collectors of all ages, the event had more than 200 dealers and several large model train layouts created by local clubs.
Keaton Hayes operates a passenger train at full speed around the Central Ohio N-trak club’s layout. “I love trains!” the 7-year-old Powell resident said.
Metal hat emblems are on display at the Buckeye Model Train Show.
PHOTOS BY BARBARA J. PERENIC/COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Rocco Jasinski, 2, and his father Dan, of Blacklick, watch an O-gauge steam locomotive chug by on a layout by the Buckeye Division Toy Train Operating Society.
Brian Rife of the Central Ohio N-trak club adjusts a detail on the group’s layout. Central Ohio N-trak is a multi-scale model railroading club that meets in Clintonville and displays several layouts at local and regional train shows.
The Levans of North Columbus - dad Levi, Wes, 3, and Zeke, 5 - view the layout created by the Central Ohio N-trak club.
Art and Janet Lofton of Columbus watch the crowd from their Christmas-themed layout during the Buckeye Model Train Show.
Trains are the life for vendor Ed Nowak of Columbus. It’s what he sells, and on this day, what he wears.