Santa Lands in Maywood
Just days before the start of his annual global journey, Santa Claus found time in his busy schedule to visit with scores of children who came to the restored, historic Maywood Station in Maywood, N.J. for its 5th annual “Santa at the Station” event. Eager youngsters and their parents were lined up around the block for a chance to share their wish lists with Santa, enjoy free cookies, and have a chance to win several donated items raffled off that day. Each child was given a free raffle ticket to bid for the item of their choice, as well as goodie bags filled with donated coloring books, model railroad catalogs and more. Atlas makes an annual donation to add to Santa’s sack. This year, it was something extra-special - an HO Trainman® Train Set, created especially for the occasion by Rob Pisani of the Atlas HO Research & Development Department. Rob is a member of the Maywood Station Historical Society, (MSHC), and assisted in the station’s restoration. (Atlas will offer its first official HO Trainman® train sets in 2007.) The lucky winner of the Atlas HO Trainman® train set was a young man from Maywood, seen posing here with Santa, who some remarked bore a strong resemblance to a certain local mayor. “The members really enjoy and look forward to this event,”
Rob said. “It not only celebrates the holiday by entertaining
the children of the community, but it gives everyone a chance to
come, share in and enjoy all Maywood Station has to offer. From
its historically accurate and aesthetically beautiful restoration,
to the N-scale model railroad layout under construction in the adjacent
caboose, Maywood Station has become a gem of the community, and
a place where the entire family can learn more about the town of
Maywood, the New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad, and their
place in American Railroad history.”
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