Little Trains – Big Fun<\/h1>\n

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park\u2019s newest attraction is the 10,000 square foot model railroad building that houses four model railroad clubs, three layouts and a variety of exhibits and hands-on amenities. The LEED-Gold building was designed to weave contemporary architecture into a long and low structure that recalls the style of 19th century train sheds. From the building\u2019s lobby, you can see at least eight scales of trains, from the smallest Z-scale to the full-sized Roald Amundsen Presidential Pullman Car.<\/p>\n

A few interesting facts about the building:<\/p>\n

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• Throughout the building, orange hands are incorporated into the layouts that when touched by a visitor, cause different items on the layouts to move.<\/li>\n
• Each club has 1,280 square feet of exhibit space that is viewable on all four sides. This creates over 450 feet of up close viewing.<\/li>\n
• The building is unique in that the built-in ramps allow small children and people in wheelchairs to view the layouts without a step or lift.<\/li>\n
• Two large video screens show a wide range of train related videos. Future plans are for cameras located in the club locomotives to project video on the screens.<\/li>\n
• The building has over 25,000 feet of electrical conduit either underground or on the roof.<\/li>\n
• In addition to exhibit space, each club has approximately 270 square feet of club workroom space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park \u2013 Model Railroad Exhibit Building was the winner of the 2012 Scottsdale Environmental Design Award (SEDA) because it is aesthetically expressive, and a variety of sustainable technologies were incorporated into the design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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