If there’s one thing we all probably would like, it’s
to keep politics out of model railroading. No more fighting in clubs over control systems, era, track, scenery or the type of coffee people buy, or anything else.
But what about putting politicians
on model trains?
According to the Exchange, you can get a “heirloom-quality HO scale
electric train collection [that] salutes the 45th President of the United
States.”
That may fire up
Republicans and annoy Democrats. But before we get into a partisan, um, “conversation,”
everyone should know that the Exchange produced a President Obama train when he
was elected, too.
(Jimmy Kimmel satirized the Bradford Exchange Trump train on his show; depending on
your political persuasion, you will either find it amusing or offensive.)
Curious about the
intersection of politics and trains, I decided to see if there were any other
manufacturers producing presidential-themed items.
And, of course, there
are. Micro-Trains has a Presidential Series for rolling stock, featuring a number of past
presidents—and the current one.
And USA Trains made one
in G scale.
Individual modelers also
got in on the action, like this one who made his own “Make America Great Again” train.
Not to
be left out, Preiser made President Obama and Michelle figures in HO and G scales. (So far, no Donald Trump figure I can see.)
So, there we are; politics and model railroading mixing. And so far, nobody is tweeting: "Sad."
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