Page 26 Museum of Route 66 Lincoln Daily News June/July 2026 McCoy and Groves bring the train home in Lincoln November 10, 2025, Scott McCoy and Lexie Groves took a U-Haul up to Chicago to get John and Darlene Ruh’s model train set, which is a complete depiction of Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles. The Ruhs, McCoy and Groves plus a friend of the Ruhs took apart the train, bridges and little shops and loaded them up to bring to Lincoln to exhibit in the Route 66 museum. When the train arrived in Lincoln, each piece was carefully unpacked and had to be inventories for insurance purposes. Groves did most of that work which with so many pieces took quite some time. In June, 2026 Groves said McCoy has been meeting with members of a model train club in Springfield. He is getting guidance from that group and is hopeful that some of them will be interested in helping with the final layout of the train exhibit. The train will be displayed in a special room with large windows for guests to watch it run. Matthews Construction has built a display table where the train will be set up. [Angela Reiners with photos by Reiners, Scott McCoy and Lexie Groves]
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