Enthusiasts all aboard for model railroad flea market

Enthusiasts all aboard for model railroad flea market

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The Coors Light Silver Bullet Train, looking sleeker and shinier than in the ubiquitous beer commercials, wended its way along a model railroad track through a cityscape of a Youngstown that used to be.

Traveling past displays of long-gone steel plants and downtown businesses, sides of the silver railcars opened revealing bright blue lights and smoke.

“That’s beer-scented smoke,” said owner Doug Cochran of Newton Falls, who put the six-piece silver train through its paces today during the annual Youngstown Model Railroad Association Flea Market at McMenamy’s Restaurant and Banquet Center.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator.