The day after Valentine’s Day, your PopCulteer and his lovely wife made a brief stop at The Model Train & Craft Show at the Charleston Coliseum, and I took a few photos.
It was a fun show, but we were in-and-out before the crowds got there, and only spent a half-hour or so being tempted by the cool toy and model trains. We had other stuff to do, and didn’t stick around too long.
A lot of the stuff was hard to resist, but not having any spare room for more cool toys made it a bit easier.
I didn’t take my camera, but habit forced me to whip out the new phone and shoot a few pics. I also shot some video of the layouts, which you will see Sunday.
To be honest, I forgot I had these photos to share, or I would have posted them here last week.
These photos just give you a tiny taste of the excitement at the show, before it really got going after we left. Check out the action…
Just one dealer at the 2025 Model Train and Craft show, set up with tons of cool stuff.
I have to admit, I walked right past this cool display and didn’t notice what it was. Mel pointed out to me that it was an entire porcelin street scene based on the movie, “A Christmas Story.”
The train show, before too many people showed up.
More dealers. It was a pretty big show.
I didn’t get photos of it all, but I’ve never seen this much American Flyer stuff at a local toy show before.
Part of a giant N Gauge layout based on real WV locations.
This layout has been an ongoing project for years. This is a memorial to the folks who worked on it who are no longer with us.
Like I said, its a really big layout.
I managed to resist the siren song of the “Buy me, I’m Cool” toys.
If you were looking for Walther’s Mainline, this was the place to be.
A Lionel Train dealer for your train layout. Can’t go wrong with that.
That I was able to walk away without buying the Department S Flatiorn Building is a testament to my amazing willpower (and the high, but fair, price).
Some of these engines just look so freaking cool.
Yet another table filled with cool stuff.
There was more than just toy trains, you know.
As soon as I have all the money, space and time in the world, I’ll be stocking up on passenger train sets.
We leave you with this very cool 1998 Foodland Express train set, by Tyco, which was sold in Foodland stores. I would have been tempted to buy this, but…Mel’s mother bought me one for Christmas 27 years ago. Still, it was very cool to see one in the wild.
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