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 Posted - December 14 2019 : 12:03:23 PM
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of the El Paso Model Train Club. A lot of specific information is clouded
by time, but some clues emerge, like the guy wearing the "Ft. Bliss
Model Railroad Club" on his hat, which supports the idea that the
first El Paso Model Train Club arose in or about 1950, post WWII at
the military base.
         
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Posted - December 14 2019 : 9:33:22 PM
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These pictures certainly take you back in time! Wow - the El Paso Model Train Club has quite some history. 
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Posted - December 15 2019 : 08:47:33 AM
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I spy a CNW Pioneer on the one guys hat!
Wow, kids at a model railroad club? Only in the 60s!
Interesting how almost everything is Mantua!
Awesome pictures!
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Posted - December 15 2019 : 6:07:57 PM
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Note that the kids layout is Marklin. Curious back story to that,
a member passed away and left it to the club, then the widow
wanted it back. The deceased member had been stationed in
Germany for a while. There was a junior membership that
was somewhat active, back in the '60's. This was the first
casualty of the video game era. Trying to breath a little life
into it now- often the parents, exhausted from a long day,
are the ones tagged for transportation, complicating the
issue. Most people are working longer and harder than
twenty or thirty years ago.
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