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Museum's trains are no small deal
May 7, 2012
By Peter De Keles |
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With the Large Scale National Convention in Chicago this year, here is a place I've always wanted to go to, Hall of Transportation, "The Great Train Story".
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| Title: | Museum's trains are no small deal |
| Publication: | Chicago Sun-Times |
| Date: | 05/07/12 |
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| Category | Business Profile |
| Overview | The $3.5 million, 3,400-square-foot diorama has 1,400 feet of track divided into three mains lines, tracing the route that containers take after being off-loaded from a ship in the port of Seattle, across the United States, to a detailed rendition of Chicago's Loop. If ever there was a man in his dream job, Davidson is it. A member of the Windy City Model Railroad Club, he got his first toy train at age 2 and yes, he still has the engine and tender. Nor is that all he has. To put Davidson's passion for model trains in perspective: the 79-year-old museum has 200 to 300 toy train cars in its collection. Davidson, 49, has 437 train cars at home. The museum has perhaps 70 engines. Davidson has 77. Hall of Transportation, "The Great Train Story", website |
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