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Longtime model railroad enthusiasts Ted Gerber, left, and Ed Webb look through items for sale Saturday morning at Great Falls Model Railroad Club during their Surplus Asset Sale at the clubhouse on Mill Street in Auburn. “I got hooked about 14 years ago and am always looking for items to add,” Webb says on his way out. One of the things he purchased was a small railroad crossing sign that he planned to replace the tiny bulbs with LED lights so they don’t get too hot like the ones it came with. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Great Falls Model Railroad Club member Colby Leavitt solders a piece of track Saturday during the club’s Surplus Asset Sale at the clubhouse on Mill Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Great Falls Model Railroad Club President Jamie Robinson, right, watches Saturday morning as Wayne Derocher Jr. drives a train during the club’s Surplus Asset Sale at the clubhouse on Mill Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Wayne Derocher, left, watches as his son, Wayne Jr., speeds up a train Saturday morning on the N Scale railroad yard at Great Falls Model Railroad Club during their Surplus Asset Sale at the clubhouse on Mill Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Wayne Derocher, left, watches as his son, Wayne Jr., speeds up a train Saturday morning on the N Scale railroad yard at Great Falls Model Railroad Club during their Surplus Asset Sale at the clubhouse on Mill Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
One of several boxes of smaller scale cars up for sale at Great Falls Model Railroad Club during their Surplus Asset Sale at the clubhouse on Mill Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...