<em>Photo above: Model trains make their way through the town, complete with people, also built to scale. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>

The 24th annual model display showcasing trains of various gauges were on display in two different rooms recently at the Beaufort County Branch Library on Scott Street. Children and adults looked on as trains wove their way through towns created to scale, train stations, parking lots, factories and wooded areas. The display, sponsored by the Beaufort Railroaders, draws hundreds of people to the library.

[caption id="attachment_30715" align="aligncenter" width="2474"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RES9317.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-30715"><img class="size-full wp-image-30715" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RES9317.jpg" alt="Four-year-old Lily Johnson could barely contain herself as Jim Bright’s G-guage model train whizzes by her." width="2474" height="1853" /></a> Four-year-old Lily Johnson could barely contain herself as Jim Bright’s G-guage model train whizzes by her.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_30714" align="aligncenter" width="1710"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RES9287.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-30714"><img class="size-full wp-image-30714" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RES9287.jpg" alt="Ed Robertson, of the Beaufort Railroaders, makes adjustments to the clearance to the tracks to give his two trains enough room to pass by each other." width="1710" height="2776" /></a> Ed Robertson, of the Beaufort Railroaders, makes adjustments to the clearance to the tracks to give his two trains enough room to pass by each other.[/caption]