Library on-track with train exhibit

Kalyn Hagle, with her daughter Jovie, 2, watch a small train model speed past them. Photos by Sarah Brown

The Oregon Electric O-Gaugers Train Club exhibited their room-sized model railroad at the Lebanon Public Library for a week in April, drawing in people of all ages.

“Conductor” and club member Dave Rhoades, of Lebanon, engages with children.

Library staff worked in conjunction with the event to focus the preschool story time on the topic of trains. After a little singing and reading, the children moved over to the community room where club members ran…