Model railway festival: trains on every floor

• The City of Science and Industry turns into a station hall with the largest exhibition of model railways presented in Paris in the last ten years.
• 820 m2 of rail networks!
• There are several networks to discover: from the smallest, which fits in a Brie box, to the largest of 260 m2.
• A unique opportunity to talk with enthusiasts, to take part in locomotive assembly workshops, to drive model trains or to travel in a steam locomotive!
• Saturday May 18th from 10am to 6pm and Sunday May 19th from 10am to 7pm.

The model making festival thinks about children and organizes for them a wide variety of activities and workshops.

• From 2 years "Bricks of pleasure." Workshop of 30 min. The toddlers manipulate LEGO trains thanks to a large fixed railway layout and a small modular layout. A static miniature train of great length is built with the public throughout the weekend.
• From 7 years : "Driving simulator". To discover the job of a train driver, children are asked to monitor signals, speed limits and manage passenger exchanges...
• From 12 years Model making" 1 hour workshop. To discover the origin of the steam locomotive and understand the principle of its operation. Without tools or glue, the public assembles and takes away a model of an authentic wooden locomotive, entirely mechanical, type 230.