28 October 2022, Issue 1133
Trick or track? Memorial Park’s Miniature Railway will be riddled with spooks and scares this Saturday, October 29, for the club’s third Halloween Night Run. If it’s anything like the 2019 run, more than 1000 people will hold onto their seats for some fear-filled fun.
“If you’re driving one of the trains and you go through the tunnels and scary figures appear around the corner, the shrieking and noise is just amazing,” says club vice president Bruce Harvey. The club has been busy decking the railway
out with creepy props, gravestones and special lighting. “There are a few spooky fans in the volunteer crew,” says club secretary Jason Flannery. This includes club captain Joanne Knights, pictured, who will dress as a witch, and her daughter Imogen Knights.
After Covid-19 put a hitch in the tracks last year, the club couldn’t be more excited to see the Halloween Night run return to the rails. “It’s the novelty of something different – that’s the fun of it!” says Jason. Read more on page 9. Photo: John Borren.