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2014 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

2014 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

The 2014 Gardenland Express holiday flower and train show at the Missouri Botanical Garden, on display from November 22, 2014 through January 4, 2015, presented a journey through the history of the Garden's plant collections. This year's show included models of structures from the Gar...
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2013 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

2013 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

The 2013 Gardenland Express Holiday Flower and Train Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden delighted visitors of all ages with G gauge trains traveling along 900 feet of track through a miniature holiday landscape made up of festive decorations and thousands of fresh plants, accented ...
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American Flyer S Gaugers of the St. Louis Famous-Barr Christmas Window Layout 1990

Famous-Barr Christmas Window Layout Moves to New Home

The American Flyer S Gaugers of the St. Louis Area (AFSGSLA) model train club installed and maintained a large Christmas train layout in a display window of the downtown Farmous-Barr store for the last 25 years. The layout will now be displayed at the Museum of Transportation in St. L...
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2012 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

2012 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

The 2012 Gardenland Express Holiday Flower and Train Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden featured G gauge trains and a streetcar traveling through miniature holiday landscapes from redwood forests to mushroom fantasies, all surrounded with Christmas decorations, wrapped present tunn...
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Paddington Bear and Lionel Engineer Bear

A Beary Christmas – Lionel Engineer Bear & Paddington Bear

Railroad-themed bears make wonderful presents, and especially at Christmastime. Alex now has two railroad bears in his stuffed animal menagerie....
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2004 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

2004 Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

The 2004 Gardenland Express Holiday Flower and Train Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden featured G gauge trains traveling through a miniature holiday landscape of St. Louis landmarks, bridges, and a mountainside cable car surrounded with decorated railroad-themed Christmas trees, b...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden “Gardenland Express” Garden Railroad

The Missouri Botanical Garden featured a floral and train display open to the public from Nov. 26, 2003 to Jan. 4, 2004. Finely detailed model trains chugged over 500 feet of track through a miniature landscape accented by fresh flowers and plants and illuminated by thousands of tiny ...
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Model Trains and Christmas Go Together

Model Trains and Christmas Go Together

Many modelers have fond memories of getting their first train set as a Christmas gift. Many families have special activities at Christmas time that are related to model trains....
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