Photos, video: Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders' model trains take the tracks in Jackson
Members of the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders are the first to attest that there's something special about operating model trains.
For them, it transports them back to childhood, when they received their first model train, which transported them to magical, imaginary places. Which is why many of them still operate their model train sets on tracks running through intricate layouts, or dioramas, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum, 3406 College St., Jackson.
Visitors of all ages are welcome to stop by and experience the magic of these trains. Admission is free.
For more information, visit greaterbrrailroaders.com.
To read more, click here: At the Old Hickory Railroad Museum, Christmas morning happens twice a month.
An LSU-themed train makes its run along the track at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders maintain layouts, or dioramas, and operate model trains.
Clay Fourrier prepares to send Thomas the Tank Engine on his way at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson. The museum is maintained by the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders, which run their trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
A model train runs the track on a Saturday in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders maintain layouts, or dioramas, and operate their model trains.
Moviegoers gather at the drive-in movie while model trains run on surrounding tracks in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson. The Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders maintain and operate their tracks in the museum.
The Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders run their model trains through intricate layouts, or dioramas, on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, La. Staff video by Robin Miller
Godzilla emerges from a waterway beneath one of the model train tracks maintained and operated by the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders in the Old Hickory Museum in Jackson.
An 'aeriel view' of a model railroad track operated by the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders in the Old Hickory Museum in Jackson.
An engine emerges from a tunnel at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An engine emerges from a tunnel at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An engine emerges from a tunnel at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An engine emerges from a tunnel at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
Trains run on several stories of tracks in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An engine emerges from a tunnel at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
Cars are parked outside a diner along a model train track in the Old Hickory Museum in Jackson. The museum is maintained and operated by the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders.
An LSU-themed train rounds the corner on a model railroad track operated by the Greater Baton Rouge Railroaders at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson.
An LSU-themed train runs past the Lionel Aquarium in a model train layout, or diorama, in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
Moviegoers gather at the drive-in movie while model trains run on surrounding tracks in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson. The Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders maintain and operate their tracks in the museum.
Multiple trains run the tracks at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
Multiple trains run the tracks at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An LSU-themed train rounds the bend, where Zoltar the fortune teller mans his booth at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains.
Trucks are parked below the tracks, where a train passes above in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains.
An 'aerial view' of one of the model railroad tracks at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Great Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains.
Clay Fourrier is ready to send Thomas the Tank Engine on his way at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains.
Clay Fourrier prepares to send a model train engine on its way in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains.
An 'aerial view' of one of the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders' layouts, or dioramas, at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson.
Tom Hunt's early model black engine and train rounds the curve at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson. The Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders maintain their layouts, or dioramas, and tracks on which they operate their model trains in the museum.
An engine rounds the bend in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
A train quickly passes in a blur at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An engine powers down the track in the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
An engine rounds the bend at the Old Hickory Railroad Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Railroaders operate their model trains.
A train runs through a railyard in the Old Hickory Museum in Jackson, where the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders operate their model trains on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.