A holiday tradition of trains at Capitol makes its final call
A model train display at the Oregon State Capitol is making its last appearance this holiday season. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter)
Sitting at the base of the 30-foot tall Noble fir in the Capitol is a remnant of Americana.
An antique black American Flyer locomotive pulling several freight cars runs alongside historic buildings dotting the tiny fall landscape. The chugging of the train can be heard until it disappears under a tunnel, only to re-emerge in…
