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A
Brief History & Time Line of Metro
Station
JSME has become a Mississippi
tradition, with over a decade of holiday displays in area malls. These images
paint a colorful tapestry of what will be lifelong childhood memories.
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Tour by Scale |
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Metro Station has had thousands of
visitors. Here are a few.
Santa tours Metro Station -
(12/98)
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Summer
'00
 Work began in earnest to continue the
layout refinement and add new features. The disconnected N layout was destroyed
and construction began on an 80 foot long, module N display depicting the
history Avery Loop located in Jackson, MS.
The HO layout doubled in
size with the extension of the layout toward the fron of the
room.
Picture Galleries:
O
Scale -
HO Scale -
N Scale
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 Holiday '99
Amazingly,
JSME was able to restore Metro Station to full operation in time for Opening
Day.
Picture Galleries:
O
Scale -
HO Scale -
N Scale
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Fall
'99 (The Big Move)
 In August of 1999, news arrived that our space, graciously
donated by the Mall, had been leased and we needed to move. In two weeks time,
the layouts were dismantled and out of the old space.
 The center display was separated into 4 foot
sections. In three hours time, with the help of professional movers provided by
the Children's Home, the layout was escorted out of the display to the
courtyard, hoisted to the second level via a scissor lift, and carried
approximately 60 yards for installation in the new location. The trick in the
move was that the first items out had to be the last items back in.
Construction then began to restore the layout to its original splendor.
The gotchas:
The HO Mountain
display could not be moved and was destroyed.
The central display had to be
shortened 15 feet.
The O City display became the front"
The N display was
separated from the central display and made to stand alone.
An entirely new
HO display was constructed.
Picture Galleries:
O Scale -
HO Scale -
N Scale
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 Spring '99
Spring brings
changes, and the N scale group began construction of their separate
layout.
Picture Galleries:
O Scale -
HO Scale
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 Holiday '98
The major
expansion for '98 was the construction of a separate HO display running down
the side of the layout room.
Picture Galleries:
O Scale -
HO Scale -
N Scale
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1996-1997
 Metro Station arrived at Metrocenter Mall
in the Summer of '96. The old layouts were torn down and construction started
from fresh designs. Model Railroaders are true recyclers. Everything can be
used again!!
For Holiday '96, all three scales (O, HO, and N) were
combined on 1 layout.
By Holiday '97, the "Rear Turnaround" had been
disconnected and moved 30 feet. Over 300 square feet of layout was added to the
display.
Picture Galleries:
O Scale
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HO Scale -
N
Scale
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