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Saturday, August 14, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
All Aboard for Great Family Fun!
Model trains will be running and on display in the 1870 historic depot sitting next to the Sanford Centennial Museum’s full-size track and railroad cars featuring two cabooses, a switch engine, and a box car. Adults and children are welcome to tour the inside of the cabooses and switch engine.
Some Featured Highlights
Exhibits of multiple model trains by members and visitors including one by Donovan Miller that features 6-8 trains operating all at once. There will also be display of model steam engines, an operating LEGO model train, and a display of a special 1/8 scale model train. Model trains will be running and on display all day in the historic 1870 depot which now boasts an elevated G scale train of its own.
Representatives from the Steam Railroading Institute in Owasso are hosting special presentations in the onsite Clare Bailey Chapel.
Dean Pyers will be offering “Pere Marquette 1225 Engine and Polar Express” at 11 a.m. and again at 2 p.m.
Bruce Kuffer will be speaking about “Train Robberies in Michigan” at 12 noon and again at 3 p.m.
This railroad depot was built by the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad when the railroad came to Sanford in 1870. It was originally located in town near the present day site of the Sanford trail head of the Pere Marquette rails to trails.
It is the oldest building on the museum grounds and served the village until 1947 when passenger service was ended.
Eventually the depot was acquired by private individuals and moved to the corner of old US 10 and West River Road where it sat for a number of years in disrepair. Steve Hyer donated the depot to the Sanford Historical Society in 1984 and it was moved to the museum grounds that same year.
Train buffs, if you have train items or trains to display for the day please call the museum at (989) 687-9048.
The Train Display and the entire museum is completely free along with free parking and the rest of the Sanford Centennial Museum will also be open.
