Community Corner
Arts of Tolland Welcomes Model Train Exhibit
Tobacco Valley Model Railroad Club is having an open house at the Arts of Tolland, 22 Tolland Green, Tolland, CT on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2012, and Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013; Saturday Jan. 4 and Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014; and Saturday Jan. 11 and Sunday Jan. 12, 2014. They will be running the model railroad from Noon until 5:00 PM each of those days.There is much to see here. Features of the layout include bridges, highways, a steel mill, mill town, a diner and a gas station, to name a few of the elements that provide the backdrop for the HO-scale trains, or “half-zero” models, which are 3 and a half millimeters to the typical foot, giving you a 1/87th scale perspective. Arts of Tolland is fully accessible.