Berea Train Show Is This Weekend

The Great Berea Train Show will be held this Saturday and Sunday at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds at 19201E. Bagley Road.

Admission is $8 for one day and $10 for a two-day pass. Children under age 16 will be admitted for free when accompanied by an adult.

The event hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days. There is ample free parking on site and the event is handicap accessible. Food and beverages will be sold at the event.

Now in its 46^th year, the train show is expected to feature nearly 600 tables in five buildings.

On hand will be dealers selling model railroad equipment, railroad historical societies and membership groups, and vendors of railroad memorabilia.

There will be multiple operating model railroad layouts hosted by the various model railroad clubs in Greater Cleveland.

New this year will be a Kid Zone operated by the STEM team of the Great Lakes Science Center.

The train show is sponsored by Mid Central Region Division 4 of the National Model Railroad Association.

For further information visit https://www.thegreatbereatrainshow.org/home.html

ARRC to Have Table at Berea Train Show

The Akron Railroad Club will again have a table at the Great Berea Train Show that is being held on Saturday and Sunday at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea.

The show will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days and feature more than 400 dealer tables in four buildings. There will be at least five operating model railroad layouts.

Admission is $8 with a two-day pass available for $10. Parking is free.

The show, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is sponsored by the Mid Central Region Division 4 of the National Model Railroad Association.

The Fairgrounds entrance is located at 19201 East Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights.

The ARRC table will have for sale books, videos, railfan magazines and various railroadiana items.

‘Science of Trains’ Exhibit to Open at Friday at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland

The Great Lakes Science Center will open an exhibit on Nov. 3 devoted to the science of railroads.

Titled All Aboard! The Science of Trains, the exhibit will run at the Cleveland museum through Feb. 19.

The exhibit is being held in cooperation with the Midwest Railway Preservation Society and Division 4 of the National Model Railroad Association

Admission to the exhibit is free with a paid general admission.

According to the museum’s website, the exhibit “allows rail fans of all ages to get a closer look at the world of the railroads from locomotives to cabooses, through hands-on exhibits and the rail history of Cleveland.”

The programming covers such topics as the technical wonder of locomotives, the science and engineering of rail transportation,local artifacts, and Cleveland railroad history.

An area for children will have a selection of wooden train sets. There will also be a display of HO scale model train bridges and a Plymouth switcher locomotive located outside the museum’s main entrance.

Interactive carts explaining everything from MagLev trains, to superconductors and levitation, as well as energy and fuel will be interspersed throughout the exhibition.

The website said that a ride-on Dominion Energy Train is being custom built by Cleveland-based Christopher Machine Shop for the Science Center that will be available to visitors of all ages and chug around the exhibition area.

Division 4 is bringing a modular HO scale train set  and its member will demonstrate how model railroading brings creative play and the imagination to life.

A Community build area will have a supply of wooden tracks, trains, and landscape pieces to allow visitors to build a community-constructed railroad layout.

There will be other hands-on exhibits focusing on such things as how railroads reduce friction with their rolling stock, how trains are powered, couplers and air hoses, rail safety, and artifacts from Cleveland.

Among the artifacts on display will be an original brass schedule board from Terminal Tower; and maps, photos, posters and other artifacts on loan from MRPS.

ARRC to Have Table at Berea Train Show

The Akron Railroad Club will have a table at the Great Berea Train Show to be held Saturday and Sunday at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds on Bagley Road.

Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 1) and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 2).

Admission is $7.50 for adults with children 16 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. A two-day pass is available for $10.

The show will feature four buildings with more than 300 tables and operating model railroad layouts.

The show sponsor is the Mid Central Region Division 4 of The National Model Railroad Association. More information is available at http://www.thegreatbereatrainshow.org/about.html

ARRC To Have Table at Berea Train Show

The Akron Railroad Club will have a table at this weekend’s Berea train show. The show, sponsored by Division 4 of the Mid-Central Region of the National Model Railroad Association, will be held at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $7.50 per person with a two day pass available for $10. Children under age 16 will be admitted for free when accompanied by an adult.

The show will be spread over four buildings and feature more than 300 vendor tables. At least five model layouts of various gauges are expected to be in operation.

The fairgrounds are located at Bagley and Eastland roads. This year’s show will be the 41st. Onsite parking will be free, and food vendors and an ATM machine will be available.