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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Trains moved along the tracks at the Boardman library on Aug. 4 and 5 as children watched in their conductor hats they made at story time.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children watched a member of the Riverside Railroad Club set up the model train display at the Boardman library on Aug. 4 and 5.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children wore conductor hats and blew whistles that they received at the Trains! Trains! Trains! story time on Aug. 4 at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children watched as Horst Klintz of the Riverside Railroad Club made his train display move at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Members of the Riverside Railroad Club set up model trains at the Boardman library for guests to interact with on Aug. 4 and 5. Pictured, from left, are Mike Zador, Danny Houston and Horst Klintz.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Riverside Railroad Club conducted its model trains into the Boardman library on Aug. 4 and 5. Several model trains were put on display at the library for guests to come visit from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday with a special story time on Friday.
During the story time, youth librarian Karen Saunders, read the children stories about trains. Afterwards the children made conductors hats out of construction paper and then received a wooden whistle that sounded like a train.
Danny Houston, engineer and event coordinator of the RRC, came with two other engineers, Mike Zador and Horst Klintz, to set up the trains and talk to the guests who came to see the trains. There was a large turnout of people coming to watch the trains and ask questions over the two-day span.
“We do it to get people back into trains because people don’t really like trains like they used to,” said Houston.
The club has three independent loops and are capable of running several trains at a time. They purchase their trains from two different businesses in the community that are happy to help the club expand their collection. The trains are changed out every four hours and change direction every two hours. They take about two to three hours to set up.
“It became a labor of love,” said Houston.
The Riverside Railroad Club sets up their trains at different events each year. They have attended the Canfield Fair, the Trumbull County Fair and several others.
There are many open houses throughout the year at the SCOPE Center for guests and come and look at the trains in action. The club has been around since 2002 and always welcome guests to their meetings every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the SCOPE Center.