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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 28 September 2014 - 07:11 PM

The New York Times, 9/26:

Collection of Trains to Be Sold at Auction



POTTERSVILLE, N.Y. — In the heart of the Adirondacks, about 25 miles north of the well-trafficked T-shirt shops and arcades of lower Lake George, a familiar but solitary tourist attraction is making its last run.

The attraction, Railroads on Parade, features several model railroad exhibits, including one known to many New Yorkers. The Station, an intricately detailed display of seasonal life in the 1940s and 1950s, was for nearly two decades a holiday staple in Manhattan, attracting millions of visitors.

But in 2008, the display lost its home at the former Citigroup building in Midtown; the bank withdrew it sponsorship, and the exhibit had to be relocated, eventually settling in this hamlet near the foot of Schroon Lake.

“It’s a world-class exhibit in the middle of nowhere,” said Clarke Dunham, 77, a two-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway set designer who created and operates the model railroads with his wife, Barbara.

Now, the trains are once again imperiled.

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Posted 21 November 2014 - 10:58 PM

The New York Times, 11/18:

Model Railroad Builders Win Auction, but Must Raise Money to Pay the Tab

POTTERSVILLE, N.Y. — You could forgive Clarke Dunham if the events of the last few months have him feeling as if he were a character in a Frank Capra movie — special dispensation, naturally, accorded to anyone who calls Pottersville home.

Faced with financial difficulties, he and his wife, Barbara, were about to lose Tthe Station, a model railroad that attracted millions during the holidays to the former Citigroup building, in Midtown Manhattan, during its 17-year run there.

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The auction took place on Veterans Day. The Dunhams placed modest bids of $25,000 each for two of the railroad sets, far less than they were expected to fetch.

To the Dunhams’ surprise, their bids went unchallenged. With no other bids, the Dunhams negotiated to pay $75,000 for all four railroad displays, keeping them together and resurrecting hopes that they could one day return to New York City.

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