Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden: November 19, 2011 - January 16, 2012
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The Holiday Train Show, the extraordinary exhibition of New York landmark replicas enlivened by model trains, is celebrating its 20th year at The New York Botanical Garden. Natural materials such as bark, twigs, stems, fruits, seeds, and pine cones, are used to create more than 140 scaled iconic buildings, including the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Radio City Music Hall, and the original Yankee Stadium. A critically acclaimed and always eagerly anticipated tradition, the Holiday Train Show presents an enchanted New York, surrounded by the glow of twinkling lights in America’s premier glasshouse, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
More than a dozen large-scale model railway trains—from late-1800s American steam engines and streetcars to modern freight and high-speed passenger trains and trolleys—traverse nearly a quarter-mile of track across rustic bridges, along overhead trestles, through tunnels, and past waterfalls that cascade into flowing creeks. Thomas the Tank Engine™ returns to join the fleet of model trains this year.
The Holiday Train Show has been extended by one week through Monday, January 16th, 2012, offering visitors more time to experience a truly unforgettable and engaging exhibition. For more information, visit: www.nybg.org/exhibitions/holiday-train-show-2011/index.php
Model of Yankee Stadium - interior. Holiday Train Show. Photo by John Peden
