Model-train event rolls into Niles

Electronic games and gadgets seem to be the hobbies of today, but advocates of model railroading say that no one should try to relegate their passions to history.

To prove the point, an estimated 600 people turned out at McMenamy’s Banquet Center in Niles today to look for bargains on scale models of old-time locomotives, passenger and freight cars, water towers and other displays associated with a hobby that some attendees referred to as an obsession.

“It’s like an art form,” said Michael Punzalan, Warren, one of the vendors.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator.