On Sunday, families came out to see many model train layouts at the Lansing Model Train Show. The Lansing Model Railroad Club hosted the event that they say is the largest train show in the state. It was held at the Farm Bureau Pavilion at Michigan State.
- The Lansing Model Railroad Club hosted what they call Michigan's largest train show.
- An estimated 3,000 visitors attended Sunday's event featuring nine model train layouts from clubs across the state.
- The show provided a marketplace for buying, trading and selling trains.
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I talked to Michael Frezell, who's celebrating 30 years in the Lansing Model Railroad Club this year.
"It's important to bring people together because we don't have any hobby shops in Lansing. So people can come here and buy trains, trade them, sell them, and then come here and see what you can build," Frezell said.
The event featured nine model train layouts from clubs across the state. Frezell tells me an estimated 3,000 visitors and railroad enthusiasts came from all over to experience Sunday's show.
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