{"id":3111,"date":"2009-11-07T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T02:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2009\/11\/07\/model-train-show\/"},"modified":"2009-11-08T10:21:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T18:21:34","slug":"model-train-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2009\/11\/07\/model-train-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Train Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='right'><script src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/trainshow.php\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>This is the second year we took in the model train show at our local Botanic Garden. I love all trains &#8211; full size and models. Had we known about this annual show earlier, we would have started coming to them a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>We saw live steamers, electric trains and streetcars, realistic models and a lot of toys and whimsy. The layouts were intricate and nostalgic since most were set in the great train eras up to and including WWII. <\/p>\n<p>The video starts with some stills of the indoor exhibits and then some video of the outdoor train sets. This was a family event and the kids loved watching the trains as much as us old guys.<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor exhibits were set up near the cactus garden. I ran into a former colleague of mine, also retired, who was an exhibitor in the outside displays. We talked about how good it was that everyday was Saturday except for Sunday these days.<\/p>\n<p>I would love to take up model railroading as a hobby, but I seem to have enough expensive pastimes as it is. You know, the cost of ammo and vacationing take their toll. We&#8217;ll just have to vicariously enjoy the train hobby at these shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second year we took in the model train show at our local Botanic Garden. I love all trains &#8211; full size and models.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,37,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-culture","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}