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Ho scale railroad alive and well in Greenville

GREENVILLE – Darke County has many little known nuggets representing unique or historical facets of the area. In a recent First Friday event, participants were able to see some of the offices and merchants of the past in upper floors of buildings still in use, including a unique history of the former Darke County jail, now inhabited by the Darke County Commissioners. This was a Main Street Greenville First Friday in May.

The latest “nugget” can be found in an upstairs ‘apartment’ just off the Circle at 405 1/2 So. Broadway. It wasn’t part of Main Street’s September First Friday but members of the Darke County Model Railroad Club took advantage of the event. They posted a sign on the sidewalk and invited visitors upstairs. A step inside is a step into a different world, one in which everything is ‘Ho’ scale, “or close to it,” as club President Jim Warner noted.

A number of trains were making their daily runs from Greenville to destinations as far away as Chicago and New York. Train activity could be observed in three distinct sections of the room, all with their own unique landscaping.

The depiction of buildings, streets, bridges, trees and shrubbery even impressed Darke County Engineer Jim Surber, who was admiring one of the display areas in the room. “Yes, it is (impressive)!! I’m amazed at the detail,” he said...

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