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Showing 3 results for Elkhart Model Railroad Club.

ID103259
Title of ArticleOne-track mind
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionSteve Storey (right), treasurer of the Elkhart Model Railroad Club, watches as the model train on the Battle Creek Model Railroad Club’s layout during the Nappanee Train Show at the Claywood Event Center on Saturday; Kevin Jones from Warsaw and his grandson, Liam, watch as a model train moves along the track at the Battle Creek Model Railroad Club’s layout during the Nappanee Train Show on Saturday; Steve Storey estimated about 700 to 750 people came to the Nappanee Train Show last year. He credits the marketing team and networking with vendors for the success of the train show, he said; Hugo Andes, 5, watches intently as the model train moves along the track during the Nappanee Train Show at the Claywood Event Center in Nappanee on Saturday; A model train moves along the track on the layout made by the Kalamazoo Model Railroad Historical Society during the Nappanee Train Show at the Claywood Event Center on Saturday
DateMar 24, 2026
PageA1, A6
SubjectsTrains, Model, Elkhart Model Railroad Club, Nappanee, IN


ID101145
Title of ArticleA-TRACK-TING ENTHUSIASTS
NotesNappanee Train Show
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionClaywood Event Center; model train; Bruce Muehlberger; Harrison DeVries, Edward Mitchell; Justin Fish, Jackson Fish, Colton Fish, Rick Fish, Hudson Fish
DateMar 18, 2025
PageA1
SubjectsElkhart Model Railroad Club, Trains, Model


ID95976
Title of ArticleNappanee Train Show marks 19 years
SourceElkhart Truth
LocationMicrofilm - Reference Desk
Picture CaptionElkhart Model Railroad Club
DateMar 15, 2024
PageA3
SubjectsTrains, Model