This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
World in miniature Romance of railroading alive in Oak Park
Paul Calabrese, dispatcher and officer of the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers, oversees a model train on a detailed layout. A close call with a switch nearly derailed the miniature journey, but the locomotive stayed on track as the scene moves through tunnels and mountain edges.
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