Model Trains at Cincinnati Museum Center's Holiday Junction featuring Duke Energy Holiday Trains

Описание: Join Train Buddies, Mike and Chris, as we give a peek into the trains of CMC's Holiday Junction and the Duke Energy Holiday Trains. We highly recommend visiting and experiencing it for yourself, if you're able. Our video doesn't do justice to the awesomeness of the layout.

The Duke Energy Holiday Trains have been a Cincinnati holiday staple for decades, delighting generations since they first debuted downtown in 1946. Track-level views reveal intricate details of the display, where over 300 rail cars and 50 locomotives steam past anxious passengers waiting to board while cars sit with snow to their hubcaps and the perfect trees strapped to their roofs.
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Chris has fond memories of going to see the holiday trains at the CG&E building in downtown Cincinnati with his family, as a kid. Drop a comment if this layout brings back memories for you.

According to Wikipedia "The Duke Energy Holiday Trains are the event's most well-known model railroad display. It is maintained by a team of employees and retirees of the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. (CG&E) and its successors, Cinergy and Duke Energy. The O scale display measures 36+1⁄2 by 47+1⁄2 feet (11.1 m × 14.5 m) and includes about 300 train cars and 50 locomotives running on more than 1,000 feet (300 m) of track, representing 9 miles (14 km) at scale. It is powered by a 12-volt system. It depicts the Cumberland Subdivision between the late 1930s and early 1950s. A rural station within the display is modeled on Point of Rocks station in Maryland.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railway (B&O) originally built it in 1936 at a cost of $50,000. It went on tour throughout the B&O's service area until 1946, when the railroad decided to end the tour. It planned to place the model on permanent display at the B&O Railway Museum in Baltimore. However, the B&O partnered with CG&E to keep the display in Cincinnati in the lobby of CG&E's headquarters, where the event became a popular annual Christmas tradition. The event ran 41 days each year. Admission was free, and organizers handed out popcorn and later cookies to children in attendance. Over the years, the display has been expanded and embellished with many decorative scenes. The first building, a slaughterhouse, was added in 1939.

In 2010, the display attracted 300,000 visitors, bringing the total attendance over 65 seasons to more than 9 million. In 2011, Duke moved the display to the museum center, which incorporated it into the existing Holiday Junction event. Original portions of the display continue to be owned by the B&O's successor, CSX."

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Recorded 11/30/24