One industrial site is modeled after the Edison Plant, where a member used to work. Another building within a site, Bob's Paint Shop, is named after a member who passed away. The Gratiot Valley Railroad Club has about 40 active members who participate in the ongoing work on the layout every Monday evening. For just about all the club's members, their interest in model railroading stems back to their childhoods. But we try to make the shows a family oriented event.
People can learn something about the hobby, as well as the elements of the railroad.
The show will incorporate the Gratiot Valley Railroad Club's traveling modular layout, as well as 400 tables of model railroading merchandise like Thomas the Tank Engine items, other toy trains, clothing and memorabilia. To the club's members, the most important part of the train show is keeping the hobby alive. You'll find a lot more adults involved with it or enthralled with it because it was a part of the era we grew up in. Children 12 and younger are free.