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July 12, 2018

EnterTRAINment Junction is turning 10 this year and we couldn’t be more excited! Time has absolutely flown by for us here at the Junction. With a variety of tourism awards, excellent ratings, and many smiling faces coming through our display on a daily basis, we just want to say THANK YOU for making it all possible!

What started as just a dream has turned into a wonderful and successful family fun entertainment center! We love being a place where grandparents down to the little ones in the family can come and have a good time!

In 10 years time we’ve been able to build up so much and add more to the display than most hobbyists could have ever dreamed of! With over 300,000 volunteer hours to date, 2 miles of track and 90 trains running throughout the displays, it’s no wonder that we’ve had visitors from all 50 states and 40 countries!

One of the big promotions going on during our 10^th birthday bash is the “10 days of giveaways” during which guests can register online for daily giveaways and prizes. Some examples include gift cards to Liberty Center & Watson’s, tickets to Kings Island, Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati Axe Throwing, Escape the Room Challenge, Scene 75, and many, many, more! There will also be 10c Pepsi fountain drinks with any food purchase at Junction Café.

During this time we will also be donating a portion of all admissions to Kindervelt of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and there will be special weekend activities on August 4^th and 5^th. From noon-4 that weekend there will be storytime, crafts and balloon artists. Also, on Saturday August 4^th ONLY there will be some special furry guests visiting us thanks to our friends at ZooPro adventures!

Be sure to come celebrate #10yearsofEJ with us during our big birthday bash!

Did you know?

Our highest mountain on display is over 16 feet tall.

Our Train Journey uses 1,968 gallons of scenic colored dirt and grasses costing over $26,000

Our mountains are carved out of 58,000 square feet of spray foam!

We have over 2 miles of G track with 1 mile hidden inside mountains.

There are over 100 scratch built bridges and trestles modeled after real-life structures.

Over 130 talented craftsmen volunteered over 200,000 man-hours to create our display.

EnterTRAINment Junction was conceived in 2003, train construction began in June of 2007 and opened for business in August of 2008.

The entire display is built to be historically accurate showing railroads in 3 distinct time periods.

Opening for business in August 2008, we’ve continuously added more to layouts each month.

Over 1,800 gallons of water is used with 3 storage tanks for waterfalls and rivers.

The control panels that operate each track have over 20,000 solder joints with 8,000 lines of programming to operate multiple trains on the same track.

The walkway through our exhibit is 850 feet long.

Our train display is 25,000 sq. ft. – about ½ of a football field.

Each tunnel leads you into a new time period through your journey.

Our scale is ½” = 1 ft. So, a 6 ft person in life is modeled as a 3” person in our display.

We have hidden 10 dinosaurs in our display – can you find them all?

All of our volunteers leave a personal touch on the items they work on – you can even see a photo of some in their buildings!

The seats in our museum are from Dayton train station from 1900.

We’ve had visitors from all 50 states and 37 countries!

We recently added a Bates Motel to our display – have you spotted it yet?

The tilt in our tilt room is 25 degrees.

During construction, we had to dig into the ground to build the Ames Room.

When you take a picture with flash on a camera of the steamboat, you’ll hear thunder after like it was a flash of lightning.

During your journey, we simulate night and day with 15 minutes of daytime followed by 5 minutes of night.

The switchback line has 2 trains. The one going up the hill has no logs and the train going downhill are fully loaded with logs.

The Coney Island amusement park display is a replica of Cincinnati’s Coney Island as it looked in 1965 – complete with working rides.