Name: Model Train Clinic
Start: 2024-12-07T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-07T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

Get your model trains in excellent working order just in time for the holidays during the annual Model Train Clinic on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.
For many years, the train clinic took place after the holidays so that guests’ model trains could be spruced up and put away for the next holiday season. This year, Hayes Presidential has again moved up the train clinic so guests can get their trains in working order for the holidays.
The clinic will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the museum auditorium. Admission is $5 per person ages 6 and older. Kids ages 5 and younger are admitted for free.
Tickets can be purchased at the museum front desk the day of the event or online at rbhayes.org.
Veteran model train hobbyists will examine model trains that guests bring in and help them with trouble-shooting and advice.
Those who bring trains to the clinic can also can run their trains on the “Hayes Train Special” track. The track fits standard, O-gauge and G-gauge trains.
“The Hayes Train Special” is Hayes Presidential’s annual model train display, where model trains run through a Victorian holiday scene and delight visitors of all ages.
Visitors and train clinic participants can watch them wind through tunnels and villages in this multi-tiered 12-foot by 24-foot exhibit. They can get involved by pushing buttons that run one of the trains, blow the train whistle and more.
The "Hayes Train Special" is sponsored by Croghan Colonial Bank and the Gordon W. Knight Family.
The “Hayes Train Special” and train clinic are part of Hayes Presidential’s holiday series of events, called A Presidential Christmas. Partial funding by Wright Leather Works LLC.