Mason Foss, 4, waits for Bill Ipema to get the train cars coupled. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
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Homewood driveway becomes a train rail yard for a day

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The Hentschel Train Depot opened at 6 a.m. and operated until dusk on a driveway in Homewood as three brothers helped recreate the joy of model trains for themselves, their children and grandchildren.

Mason Foss, 4, waits for Bill Ipema to get the train cars coupled. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
Mason Foss, 4, waits for Bill Ipema to get the train cars coupled. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
John Hentschel's got everything running smoothly at the model train rail yard. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
John Hentschel’s got everything running smoothly at the model train rail yard. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
Tom Hentschel of Homewood started his day at 6 a.m. to lay out 450 feet of train for the family's annual model train day at his home. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
Tom Hentschel of Homewood started his day at 6 a.m. to…
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