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Christmas-town Express Railroad Display
December 15, 2018
to December 16, 2018Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Host/Presenter: The Oswego Valley Railroad Association
Location: Fort Ontario State Historic Site , 1 East Fourth St., Oswego, NY, 13126
More Information: www.fortontario.com
The Oswego Valley Railroad Association presents a Christmas-town Express model train display in the Enlisted Men’s Barracks at Fort Ontario State Historic Site on East Fourth Street in Oswego. The exhibit will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every weekend in December with a long weekend finale December 27 to 30. It is free and open to the public.
The miniature railroad exhibit features past and present toy and scale model trains including an N-scale train layout, a 1950s-themed O-gauge layout, a Thomas the Tank Engine layout, various photographs and films of locomotives and railroad operations, and a display of model firetrucks.
Admission, parking, coffee and hot chocolate are free for the event and the fort’s museum gift shop will be open for holiday gift shopping. Proceeds from the sales benefit Friends of Fort Ontario work with the fort including programs, interpretations, and special events, publications, restoration, and AmeriCorps staffing for the 2019 season.
