Model-railroad event rolls into Niles

NILES — Liam Treharne got his first model train for Christmas this year, but even though he sees it every day, he doesn’t know it’s his.

That’s because Liam is only 5 months old.

“I had my first son, so I had to do it,” said Liam’s father, Brian Treharne of Columbiana, explaining why he bought a model railroad about a month after Liam was born and set it up to run around the top of the boy’s room. “It’s his train. He doesn’t know it’s his yet, but he likes to watch it run.”

Brian and his wife, Michelle, had four daughters — Kaylee, McKenzie, Madison and Ainsley — but he waited until they had a son to renew his interest in model trains.

The Treharnes were among hundreds of people who turned out today at the Youngstown Model Railroad Association’s annual toy trail and model railroad flea market at McMenamy’s Banquet Hall.

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