{"id":15685,"date":"2011-12-09T12:33:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=15685"},"modified":"2011-12-09T12:33:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T17:33:18","slug":"d-c-s-union-station-changes-holiday-model-train-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/12\/d-c-s-union-station-changes-holiday-model-train-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C.&#8217;s Union Station changes holiday model train displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/6449407125\/\" title=\"Union Station Holiday Train Show by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7170\/6449407125_eb71c22621.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Union Station Holiday Train Show\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; <\/strong> One of my favorite Christmas season traditions is visiting Union Station. After many years hosting a model railroad display from the Norwegian embassy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionstationdc.com\/\">Union Station<\/a> has partnered with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mthtrains.com\">MTH Trains<\/a> of Columbia, Md. for several new displays. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionstationdc.com\/event\/exciting-new-holiday-model-train-display\/2145392684\">press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The model train displays seen in Union Station are made up of O Gauge trains from the steam and modern eras.  Every train is outfitted with state-of-the-art electronics capable of recreating the sounds, lights and smoke of their real-life counterparts and each display is controlled by the M.T.H. DCS Digital Command System providing hands-free control of the railroad by starting, stopping and running the trains independent of a human \u201cengineer\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The displays are enough to keep a toddler enthralled for hours. I enjoyed them too. While I always enjoyed<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/5479258464\/in\/datetaken\/\"> the Norwegian display<\/a> (mountains, fjords) I like the city\/town displays that MTH put together. They did include a mountain display too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/6449454303\/\" title=\"Largest MTH railroad display by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7003\/6449454303_ceaed131e7.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Largest MTH railroad display\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<strong style=\"color:#3993ff\">flick<span style=\"color:#ff1c92\">r<\/span><\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157628266860003\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Photos of Union Station Holiday Train Display<\/span><\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157628266860003\/show\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">slideshow<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Union Station in and of itself is usually great, but unfortunately, there was significant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/08\/i-survived-the-5-8-virginia-earthquake.html\">earthquake<\/a> damage, so <a href=\" http:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?nid=109&#038;sid=2659123\">repairs are underway<\/a> (<em>WTOP<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; One of my favorite Christmas season traditions is visiting Union Station. 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