Yesterday Patti and Kathi went to the Seven Feathers Casino.
Bob and I went to Medford to check out the Railroad Park.
Bob showed me what they have been working on to improve the layout.
Unfortunately none of the waterfalls or other water features were working and we couldn’t run any trains but all the work they have done is still pretty impressive.
They have built lots of bridges and trestles.
There are small towns,
rivers, and lakes. This one is their coy pond and the only one that has water in at all times,
and even a sea port. Visualize water.
The bridge in the background is an exact replica of a real one in New York.
The crossing in the foreground will eventually be a functioning cantilever draw bridge.
There is an electric trolley system with a scale model of the original southern Oregon Traction Company power plant
and a saw mill complete with smoking sawdust burner.
The trolley system is still under construction as well as other features.
For Harry Potter fans there is a Hogwarts Express layout. Complete with a model of Hogwarts Castel
the Quidige pitch,
train station
and even the Whomping Willow with Mr Weesley Ford Anglia, tangled in it.
There is a railroad museum, small trains that you can ride on and much , much more.
If you are in Medford, Oregon during the summer on the second or fourth Sunday of the month, take your kids to the Railroad Park, they will have a ball.
Here is a web sight with more information.
http://www.ci.medford.or.us/page.asp?navid=497
Or you can just Google,
“Medford Oregon Railroad Park”
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