Fresno Model Railroad Club hosts train show at fairgrounds
Toy trains rolled into the Fresno Fairgrounds as the Fresno Model Railroad Club staged its first annual show with vendors, layouts and food. Admission was $10, with children 12 and under free.
The Fresno Model Railroad Club turned the Fresno Fairgrounds Commerce Building into a two-day train show Saturday and Sunday, drawing model-train fans, families and casual fairgoers to rows of vendors selling train models, clothing and merchandise. The show ran from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Admission was set at $10 for adults, $8 for military members and veterans, and free for children 12 and under. Parking at the fairgrounds was $10, making the event a clear weekend outing for Fresno County residents looking for a public event with a set price and a familiar venue.
The club promoted the event as its first annual Fresno Model Railroad Club Toy Train Show. One event listing said it would feature more than 175 vendors, model trains in all scales, layouts, prizes and food. Martin Winter was identified in club materials as the train-show coordinator. The mix of retail tables and working layouts gave the show both a marketplace feel and the kind of display that can pull in children seeing model railroading for the first time.
The Fresno Model Railroad Club says it has been in operation since 1973 and is based in Selma’s old Southern Pacific depot at 1880 Art Gonzales Parkway. Its history page says the club was formed in the early 1970s and later moved through several locations before settling at the Selma Railroad Depot at Pioneer Village. A 2021 Fresno State Focus feature said members had been adding and restoring layouts there for about 50 years.
That history gave the fairgrounds event a local backbone. The show was not just a weekend sales floor, but a public face for a Selma club that has spent decades preserving layouts, sharing them with visitors and keeping a multigenerational hobby visible in Fresno County.
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