Saskatoon All Aboard train show marks largest show ever

Train lovers of all ages gathered at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park on Saturday for the 41st annual All Aboard train show.

Marking the largest show to date, 45 displays were featured at the event, showcasing locomotives of all makes, sizes and mediums.

“I just enjoy seeing everybody’s smiles when they see all the different displays. Each year the displays grow and continue to get better. So those are the things that I look forward to seeing every year,” Craig Mykytyzyn, the show coordinator said.

The hobby is truly one for all ages to enjoy. Eleven-year-old Jayden Dogniez recently started helping out his uncle in putting together a LEGO train model.

“I just help. I laid out all the little details on the tables and stuff... you could kind of do anything you really like,” Dogniez said.

Dogniez added that a lot of work goes into preparing the models for shows like this one, and the LEGO set that he and his family have constructed has inspired another goal for him.

“I’m just hoping that we could eventually go to Legoland,” Dogniez said.

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Mykytyzyn shared that seeing the love of model trains passed from one generation to the next, is a common sight at shows like this one.

“It’s very unique. My grandfather got me into this hobby when I was very young person, he still comes to the show with me, and my son is now taking up the hobby, so I can relate to seeing the grandparents of all the different generations that are attending the show,” Mykytyzyn said.

After more than four decades of the show, Mykytyzyn added that he’s witnessed many young people grow into the hobby.

“Each year it continues to grow. And, you know, the hobby is also growing as, as each year goes by, they continue to, get more intricate and more detailed. So the younger generation is starting to get a little bit more interested in it as well,” Mykytyzyn said.