News & Reviews News Menards announces International Toy Train Expo event

Menards announces International Toy Train Expo event

By Angela Cotey | April 20, 2018

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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“The Family Magic of Trains” comes to the Chippewa Valley and you and your family will want to be there! Don’t miss the International Toy Train Expo on Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8, 2018 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day at the Chippewa Valley Expo Center located at 5150 Old Mill Plaza in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 

This event will inspire and entertain the “child” in all of us. You will marvel at the operating layouts, vintage toy trains, historic artifacts and collector trains presented by more than 100 vendors, exhibitors, railroad clubs and enthusiasts who love toy trains. International flags will fill the Chippewa Valley Expo Center and true “rail excitement” will be around every corner. Make the International Toy Train Expo part of your family’s summer plans.

Half-off advance tickets are now on sale at participating Menards home improvement stores or online at Menards.com/Trains.  Advance tickets are $2.50 (door price $5.00) with children ages 17 & under admitted free of charge.  Free rough camping (no utilities) is available next to the Chippewa Valley Expo Center July 5-8, 2018 on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For more information about the event, please go to internationaltoytrainexpo.org.

Sponsored by Kalmbach Media, Model Train Classics LLC, Riverfest Group, and Union Pacific Railroad

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