The Aberfoyle Junction 0-scale model railway show will be running here for the next three weekends from 10am to 4:30pm.
Organizers invited everyone to visit a 1,500 square foot railway display depicting Southern Ontario in the late 1950s. The model railway features handbuilt models at a scale of one quarter inch to one foot of both of Canada’s major railways, the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific.
Visitors will see freight trains being made up in terminal yards and then switched along their routes. They will see passenger cars as they depart major urban terminals and pass through suburban stations and small rural depots. Models of late steam locomotives and early, first generation diesels provide the power.
The trains run through scenic landscapes, passing fields, rivers, towns, and a large city, and even a part of the Niagara Escarpment.
Organizers suggest visitors might even recognize some of the industries and structures that represent many found in the local area.
There is also a dusk-to-dawn night scene where the sun sets and the miniature world takes on a new life as homes and factories light up for the evening, and then it is lights-out for many as bedtime arrives. Visitors will also hear the lonely whistles of passenger trains with lighted cars as they continue running throughout the night. Then daybreak comes and everything comes to life again for a new day.
The show’s dates are Oct, 18, 19, 25, and 26, and Nov. 1 and 2. Refreshments are available, and there is a gift shop well stocked with mementos and Aberfoyle Junction souvenirs. That includes a professionally made Aberfoyle Junction video. Admission is $7 for adults, $4 for children, and $5 for students and seniors. The display is located on Brock Road in Aberfoyle, just north of the Highway 401 exit (299) south of Guelph. Watch for signs. For further information: www.aberfoylejunction.com.
