Please tell me about above subject. I been watching on the Ashland cam and I think everybody that lives in Virginia is there.
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It’s an annual event that turns the streets into vendors, displays, and layouts. Most are about trains. Many things to do for the kids and lots of business for the local train store Tiny Tim’s Toys and Trains. Based on some people on the cam, plenty of beer available also. It grows every year.
I see my son on the video. The red caboose trailer on the right of the town clock is our club’s portable trailer, Rappahannock River Railroaders. It was made from a boat trailer and made to look like a caboose. All sides lift up and has a nice O and HO layout. We run LionChief and give the remotes to the kids to run.
This is a list of train related displays:
Spring Run Railroad (H0 gauge)
D & M Railroad (Z gauge)
Irish Family (O gauge)
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Historical Society
Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
Railroad history information
Rappahannock River Railroaders
Richmond LEGO® Users Group
Silver Rail Club (O & N gauge)
Rappahannock Model Railroaders (O gauge)
Tiny Tim’s Trains & Toys provides Brio trains for kids to play
River City 3 Railers
Tidewater Big Train Operators (G scale)
RF& P Model Railroad Club, including
Richmond Area Ntrak Model Railroaders Club
Virginia Piedmont & Central H0 Model Railroaders
C&O red caboose, c1926
Brio toy train set for kids to play
Railroad history and exhibits
Rail fanning included special tickets to take Amtrak to the event from Richmond Main Street Station. Lots of train viewing provided by CSX and Amtrak. CSX personnel on hand to keep people safe at the crosswalks.
Son took a picture of this car during the event heading north, attached to an Amtrak.:
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Thank you for the information regarding Ashland Virginia. I will say, they really do this train day up in a big way. There might of been more people here than at York.
