PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Toy trains and Christmas just seem to go together, and this coming weekend, several events in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina will exemplify that argument.
The best part? The kids and kid at heart can participate for free.
“Come one, come all!” the Model Railroad Museum of Hampton Roads website says. “Celebrate the Holidays with us. We will have multiple model railroads set up including Christmas Trains and all the usual Holiday decor.”
No admission is being charged to the following displays:
19th Annual Ford’s Colony Model Railroad Show
James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Road, Williamsburg
- Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 8, 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Albemarle Railroad Clubs, 2024 Annual Christmas Open House
Parker Station, 1051 Highway 17 South Elizabeth City, NC
- Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 8, noon – 4:00 p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 15, noon – 4 p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 21, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 22, noon – 4 p.m.
Christmas Market on Main, Peninsula Model Railroaders
York Hall, 301 Main Street, Yorktown
- Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Holiday Train Show at MacArthur Center by the Model Railroad Museum of Hampton Roads
MacArthur Center, 300 Monticello Avenue, Norfolk. (near the central glass elevators)
- Nov. 23 through Dec. 29
- Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Sundays, noon – 4 p.m.
Tidewater Big Train Operators 2024 Annual Holiday Train Display
Avalon Church of Christ, 844 Woodstock Rd. Virginia Beach
- Friday, Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 8, 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Monday, Dec. 9 – Thursday, Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Friday, Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.