Tour Christmas garden railroads in December

SCOTTSDALE - The third annual Valley-wide Tour of Christmas Trains to benefit Phoenix Children's Hospital is coming up two weekends in December.

The Arizona Big Train Operators puts on this yearly Christmas open house and train tour. It will be at 14 sites throughout the Valley. Visitors will see garden railroads displayed amid lighted Christmas scenes. Donations for Phoenix Children's are accepted at each site.

The train tours are open 4-8 p.m. on the weekends of Dec. 13-14 and Dec. 20-21.

For maps to each location, see links posted at www.phoenixchildrens.com and http://azbigtrains.org.

Tour addresses

Scottsdale

• 7938 E. Las Piedras Way

Sun Lakes

• 9636 E. Mossy Rock Drive.

• 25025 S. Lakeway Drive.

Chandler:

• 739 E. Prescott Drive.

• 1236 S. Longmore Court.

Gilbert:

• 833 N. Thunderbird Ave.

• 1179 E. Baylor Lane

Mesa:

• 6130 E. Colby St.

• 1861 E. Fountain St.

• 1929 N. 24th St.

• 1708 W. Dixon Circle

Elsewhere in the Valley:

• 4222 W. Monte Cristo Ave., Phoenix.

• 3235 W. State Ave., Phoenix.

• 4007 N. 22nd Ave., Phoenix.