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Bluebag Media
Ho scale
railroad alive and well in Greenville
GREENVILLE – Darke County has many little known nuggets representing
unique or historical facets of the area. In a recent First Friday
event, participants were able to see some of the offices and merchants
of the past in upper floors of buildings still in use, including a
unique history of the former Darke County jail, now inhabited by the
Darke County Commissioners. This was a Main Street Greenville First
Friday in May.
The latest “nugget” can be found in an upstairs ‘apartment’ just off
the Circle at 405 1/2 So. Broadway. It wasn’t part of Main Street’s
September First Friday but members of the Darke County Model Railroad
Club took advantage of the event. They posted a sign on the sidewalk
and invited visitors upstairs. A step inside is a step into a different
world, one in which everything is ‘Ho’ scale, “or close to it,” as club
President Jim Warner noted.
A number of trains were making their daily runs from Greenville to
destinations as far away as Chicago and New York. Train activity could
be observed in three distinct sections of the room, all with their own
unique landscaping.
The depiction of buildings, streets, bridges, trees and shrubbery even
impressed Darke County Engineer Jim Surber, who was admiring one of the
display areas in the room. “Yes, it is (impressive)!! I’m amazed at the
detail,” he said...
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