Posted on 08/28/2016 12:35:00 PM PDT by SandRat
BENSON – The Benson Visitor Center’s murals and historic displays will be sharing the spotlight with a new attraction.
A model train — the detailed replica of a Union Pacific SD 70 locomotive pulling five railcars — is now circling around the inside of the visitor center, mounted high overhead on a track suspended from the building’s ceiling. The project marks the first phase of a series of model train displays planned for the visitor center by Bob Nilson, tourism supervisor for the City of Benson.
Funding for the train, track and support structures came through a $6,000 grant from the Union Pacific Railroad Foundation. “I wrote the grant and received the award about two years ago, but it took a little over a year to design and fabricate the support for the track,” said Nilson. “This is an 11-foot high ceiling, with the top of the train about 8 feet from the floor. The track itself is suspended 32 inches from the ceiling.”
We will be there in January. Anxious to see it.....and eat at “Mi Casa” again. Best Mexican food ever......in tiny little Benson.
Let me guess, the Sorry Gulch Herald is very proud of public information.
OUTSIE it stll looks like an Old RR Sta.
Bet the retirees at Union Pacific would have liked that $6k put into their retirement fund.
Rememberib the RR.
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I get to see several SD70-M2 Norfolk Southern units in action locally in Warren County NJ, Northampton and Carbon County, PA. Road numbers 2700 ish.
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