For this week's Roaming St. Louis segment, KMOX host Scott Jagow traveled to Webster Groves, home to the 85-year-old Big Bend Model Railroad Club. It started during the first year of World War II (1939) in a train depot and their train layout is still there today. The last time real trains made stops at that station was 1966!
Scott chats with one of the members, Kenneth Rimmel, about the club and station's histories plus this holiday season, there are plenty of chances to see the trains running. Listen below.
The train scene has a backdrop reminiscent of southwestern MissouriScott Jagow
Kenneth Rimmel, member of the Big Bend Railroad ClubScott Jagow
Members get together every Tuesday evening to run the trainsScott Jagow
The Big Bend Railroad Club was started in this train station in 1939 and it's still housed there. The real trains stopped running in 1966.Scott Jagow
During the holiday season, you can watch the trains run on Saturday afternoons.Scott Jagow
