The model train is leaving the station.

Hop aboard, because this weekend is the last TECO Model Train Show in Colorado Springs, which means it’s the last model train show in town. A few others exist around the state, including the Rocky Mountain Train Show in Denver in April.

The event is Saturday and Sunday at Norris Penrose Event Center.

TECO (Train Expo Colorado), the club behind the train show, will also disband after the weekend show, unless someone volunteers to take over.

Until then, the two-day event, which started in 2007, offers more than a dozen train layouts, from tiny ones you need a microscope to work on to large-scale, covering 80 by 40 square feet.

“There are some beautiful layouts,” said TECO Chairperson Elizabeth Maline. “These guys are artists. They really put their heart into recreating the real world on a small scale.”

The event also offers vendors, representatives from excursion trains such as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, the Youth in Model Railroading club and Rocky Mountain Railroad Heritage Society.

Two clinics help teach model railroaders how to landscape their layouts and do laser cutting, which helps them cut wood to create buildings or recreate ornate old doors or windows.

There are also two historical presentations: “Railroads of the Pikes Peak Region,” with historian Mel McFarland, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. both days; and “Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railroad,” with Mike Peck, from 1-2 p.m. both days.

Details

TECO Model Train Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Norris Penrose Event Center, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Road, $10, $5 ages 13-18, free 12 and younger, Saturday tickets also include admittance on Sunday; tecoshow.org