All Aboard McWane Center’s Annual Holiday Train Tradition

By Erica WrightThe Birmingham TimesHoused on the third floor of the McWane Science Center in downtown Birmingham is the Magic of Model Trains exhibit, which features about eight to 10 enclosed glass cases with model trains and sets.
In the center of the room is the “star train,” an 18-foot-long train that winds through a miniature 1950s Alabama town complete with handcrafted lakes, marshes, a drive-in theater, a gas station, and grocery, clothing, and shoe stores.
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