Model Train Journal

the National Christmas Center, Paradise, PA Closing
http://www.nationalchristmascenter.com/

What an interesting attraction. Has anyone been there ?
If you visit the website click on the 360 Google tour. It's like being there in person with a 360 walk thru.

My wife and I spent @ a half day there in 2004 when we took a 50th anniversary trip with no plan of where we were going.
We stayed in Lancaster four days. We would not have done that if SHE didn't want to. She loved the area and we went to all of the tourist traps
AND all of the railroad, real and model, that I wanted to see. Of course the RR Museum and other RR stuff was most interesting to me but
I also found that the Christmas Center kept my interest.

SHE was happy and I was happy. One of the nicest trips we ever had. I think that was the last long trip we ever made.
Neither of us are really capable of long drives anymore and after about an hour together in a car we can't stand each other any more.

Went there last summer...posted some pic's here. Best part of the place is a Woolworth's recreation...great display of Marx trains behind and under the counter, along with all of the other stuff one used to find there. Also had a great display of electric trains, especially prewar Flyer.

Healey