17-02-2025
Peoria Train Fair returns to Central Illinois
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — All aboard the Peoria Train Fair at Illinois Central College in East Peoria.
The event had more than 100 tables set up and 41 vendors on Sunday. People learned about trains, checked out model train displays and bought some cool train collectibles.
The event was hosted by Pekin's River City Model Railroad Club and included train entertainment such as movies and books, as well as having memorabilia and railroad parts and supplies for event goers to purchase.
Don MacGregor with the club said it's all about letting your imagination run wild.
'Looking at a train, thinking it's real and imagining that I'm on that train. And in some cases, I have been on that train. The models that I have are some of the ones I've ridden. And that's what it is. I mean, it's imagination. And you just always want to know where it's going or where it's coming from, you know,' said MacGregor.
The next Peoria Train Fair will be held on Nov. 16.
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