Couple Share Their Love Of Toy Trains And Ingenuity


By Zac Schultz | February 11, 2014

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Buck Guthrie never lost his boyhood love of toy trains. In fact, Buck’s love grew until his hobby could only be housed in a barn. His wife Jan will tell you that he often spirits off household appliances to strip down for parts to creatively furnish and power his train landscape.

After the segment watch Jan Guthrie explain just how her husband Buck built several of the elements used for their toy train display. 

Zac Schultz

Zac Schultz is a reporter for the “Wisconsin Life” project who thinks three-minute stories and one-line bio descriptions are woefully brief.
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