Hobbies are best when you can share them with others, as Steve Lindstrom has with his train memorabilia at Wildlife Prairie Park, and as the members of the River City Model Railroad Club do at their Pekin headquarters.
Whether piqued by TV shows like Antiques Roadshow and Pawn Stars, or a lifetime love of reading, interest in book collecting is becoming more widespread—and easier—than ever before.
You wouldn’t know it was there. No sign alerts you to its presence. But for more than 30 years, this basement in Pekin has been home to a small group of model train enthusiasts—the headquarters of the River City Model Railroad Club.
