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9 Reasons You Have to Bring the Kids to Patcong Valley Model Railway this Weekend

9 Reasons You Have to Bring the Kids to Patcong Valley Model Railway this Weekend

Have you missed the trains on display at the Shore Mall? Would you love to see what is possible with model trains?


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9 Reasons You Have to Bring the Kids to Patcong Valley Model Railway this weekend

 

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  • Where else can your child pretend to be a conductor on an outside train?
  • Let them climb aboard an old fashioned train of days gone by.
  • Take some time to play with trains.
  • Pick up a train magazine to bring home.
  • Maybe win one of the cool daily prizes.
  • Ooooh and Awww over miles of HO scale model railroads and 6-8 different trains moving over bridges and hills and through tunnels and towns.
  • Time is running out. This upcoming weekend is the last weekend for the 2011-2012 Patcong Valley Model Railroad Open House. After that you'll have to wait till December to see it again.
  • With the train area closed in the Shore Mall, there is no other place to see cool model trains in action. Do you really want to wait till next December?
    It's free. Although your donation will allow the Patcong Valley Model Railway Club to continue to operate it's annual Open House.

The Patcong Valley Model Railway will be open this weekend from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Patcong Valley Model Railroad Club is located in Richland. Richland is on Route 40 about 10 miles west of Mays Landing.  The building is at about milepost 38.5.  They are directly across the road from Richland Carpets.  The cross streets are Route 40 and Fir Avenue.

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