Do your holiday shopping for your young engineers at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum's gift shop and save 20% on Thomas Wooden Railway Trains. Sale runs through December 23rd. … [Read more...]
Santa to Make an Appearance at Toy Train Division
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sources at The North Pole report Santa will be at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum's Toy Train Division (Chimneys Building) Saturday, December 17th, 10 AM to 2 PM and for Night Trains 6-9 PM running toy trains rehearsing for his journey around the world on Christmas … [Read more...]
Canadian Pacific Rail Holiday Train Food Drive
November 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Twin City Model Railroad Museum will be accepting non-perishable food items to support the CP Rail Holiday Train Food Drive! On Sunday night, December 11th the CP Rail Holiday Train rolls into town collecting food for local food shelves. To help support the event, … [Read more...]
Circus to Rails Show Coming October 15th and 16th, 2011
September 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
The Twin City Model Railroad Museum is teaming up with circus modelers from around the region to host the Circus to Rails Show at Bandana Square on Saturday, October 15th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, October 16th, from noon to 5 p.m. The circus modelers bringing … [Read more...]
Twin Cities Photography Group’s Night Trains Experience
March 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
It has been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words" so here's what a local photography club had to say and show about their experience at the final Night Trains session of the 2010 – 2011 season. However, if you haven't experienced Night Trains you will have to … [Read more...]
Night Trains Opener is Huge Success
December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Another Night Trains season opened on November 27th to a huge crowd; they came from as far as Indiana and Illinois (maybe farther.) Many were in town for the Thanksgiving Holiday to visit family and friends and to experience a Twin Cities Holiday tradition; TCMRM’s annual … [Read more...]
Twin City Model Railroad Museum at the World’s Greatest Hobby Show
December 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Twin City Model Railroad Museum participated at the World’s Greatest Hobby Show on November 20th and 21st where it entertained hundreds of future engineers when it unveiled its new transportable Thomas the Tank Engine layout. The new layout, made by member Matt … [Read more...]
Night Trains 2010-2011
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Night Trains runs Saturday nights, Nov. 27, 2010 – Feb. 26, 2011 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (closed Dec. 25th) Operations will feature special lighted models of passenger trains and street cars that once served the Twin Cities and all America. Among them will be famous names … [Read more...]
The Great Northern Station
December 9, 2010 By 1 Comment
During the 64 years that the Great Northern Station stood at the foot of the Hennepin Avenue bridge, it was one of six passenger depots which once operated simultaneously in downtown Minneapolis, and at its peak, 125 trains used it each day. Built in 1914 at a cost of two … [Read more...]
TCMRM Icon Ray Norton
December 9, 2010 By 5 Comments
[Originally published in the Winter 2008 issue of Club Car newsletter.] It has been said that it’s impossible to be a member of the Twin City Model Railroad Museum without knowing Ray Norton, a fixture almost from the beginning. Ray can tell you about building the … [Read more...]
