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Pasadena Businesses Commemorate 100th Birthday Of Route 66

The historic neon signs along Route 66 in Pasadena give off a glow that takes drivers back in time, but one is turned off tonight.

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November 13, 2026

With warm, saturated colors that whisper mid-century Americana, the historic neon signs along Route 66 in Pasadena give off a glow that takes drivers back in time, but one is turned off tonight.

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"I've been a model railroader since I was three," said Paul Scheffer, manager of the Original Whistle Stop.

Long before Scheffer was at the Original Whistle Stop re-engineering model trains, he was a kid with a passion for the craft who would come into the store and look around, mesmerized.

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