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Michael “The Train Man” Lavrich started sharing his model trains with delighted children—and adults—roughly 25 years ago at the Downtown Bend Library. In the decades since, his annual display of model trains has become a highly anticipated holiday tradition for countless families in Central Oregon. This year Lavrich is back to share the trains with young and old alike.

WHERE: Downtown Bend Library (601 NW Wall Street, Bend)

WHEN:
December 19, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)
December 19, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)

December 20, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)
December 20, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)

December 21, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.; room capacity reduced 10–10:30 a.m. to allow for ADA access)
December 21, 3–5:30 p.m. (traductores de español disponibles; last viewing 5:15 p.m./última visualización 5:15 p.m.)

December 22, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)
December 22, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)

December 23, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)
December 23, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)

This story is based on submitted information and has not been verified by our news team.

This article appears in Source Weekly December 19, 2024.

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All Aboard! The Train Man Returns to the Downtown Bend Library

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 20, 2024

<h1>All Aboard! The Train Man Returns to the Downtown Bend Library</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 20, 2024</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">M</span>ichael “The Train Man” Lavrich started sharing his model trains with delighted children—and adults—roughly 25 years ago at the Downtown Bend Library. In the decades since, his annual display of model trains has become a highly anticipated holiday tradition for countless families in Central Oregon. This year Lavrich is back to share the trains with young and old alike.<br /> </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trainman_2023-15-scaled.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trainman_2023-15-scaled.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-2689" /></a></figure> <p>WHERE: Downtown Bend Library (601 NW Wall Street, Bend)</p> <p>WHEN:<br /> December 19, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)<br /> December 19, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)</p> <p>December 20, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)<br /> December 20, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)</p> <p>December 21, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.; room capacity reduced 10–10:30 a.m. to allow for ADA access)<br /> December 21, 3–5:30 p.m. (traductores de español disponibles; last viewing 5:15 p.m./última visualización 5:15 p.m.)</p> <p>December 22, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)<br /> December 22, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)</p> <p>December 23, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (last viewing 12:15 p.m.)<br /> December 23, 3–5:30 p.m. (last viewing 5:15 p.m.)</p> <p> This story is based on submitted information and has not been verified by our news team.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/business/all-aboard-the-train-man-returns-to-the-downtown-bend-library-22381971/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=2688&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/business/all-aboard-the-train-man-returns-to-the-downtown-bend-library-22381971/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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