Jim Ritten RR

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As featured in the Highlands Sun Article.

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Jim Ritten, of Lake Placid, activates his trains in his display at his home. His display has an upper eight-foot track, and a 14-foot lower track.
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Growing up in the 1950s, Jim Ritten's father owned a service station with a car on top, which Ritten has recreated here in his model train display.

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Jim Ritten operates the train going around their Christmas tree. It wouldn't be Christmas in the Ritten household without a remote-controlled train around the tree.
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Jim Ritten blows a train whistle he got for his grandchildren.

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Jim Ritten calls this train station "Union Train Station.
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Jim Ritten holds up a mug with a picture of the train his great-grandpa drove.

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Jim Ritten points himself out in his U. S. Navy boot camp photo.
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Jim Ritten watches his Santa Fe Amtrak races past him on the track.

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This is Jim Ritten's model train set and village.
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Jim Ritten's model train village includes a small airport.

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This is Jim Ritten's model village.
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This is the Santa Fe Amtrak in Jim Ritten's collection.