Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
REX Hudson is getting excited. The Bomaderry resident has been busy getting his model trains, Christmas decorations and lights ready to adorn his home for the festive season.
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‘Tis the season to decorate (South Coast Register)
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
OKAYAMA (Kyodo) One of the first types of bullet trains ran Sunday from Okayama to Hakata Station in Fukuoka on its final regular run, 44 years after its debut. About 2,000 train aficionados packed JR Okayama Station to see off the round-nose 0 Series model, with some calling out, "You did a good job!" and "Come back someday!" Read the full story
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Last regular run for classic train (The Japan Times)
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
It's that time of the year when thoughts turn to the model train display in Glen Rock. Trains and accessories at the Glen Rock Hose & Ladder Company range from small to large, from HO gauge to G gauge.
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Trains big and small await (York Daily Record)
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Model train show staged at Pembroke Pines school There were trains everywhere you looked.
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Model train show staged at Pembroke Pines school (Sun-Sentinel)
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
It took the train just seconds to pass from the rugged beauty of the American Southwest to the pastoral fields of a Midwestern farm in summer. Photo caption: Dante Ramos, 9, gets an up-close look at the model train display assembled by the Maumee Valley Railroad Club on Saturday at Science Central. Photo by Clint Keller | The Journal Gazette
More here: All aboard, train fanatics (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Though it may not be what he once worked on at the World’s Fair in New York in 1940, Bob Green said he’s impressed with the Maryland/West Virginia Model Railroad Association’s model railroad display.
More here: All aboard (Cumberland Times-News)
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
The 15th annual Christmas Model Train Exhibit by the Carteret County Model Railroad Buffs, in cooperation with the Town of Beaufort, is set for the first weekend of December at the Old Beaufort Depot on the corner of Broad Street and Pollock in Beaufort.
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Model railroad buffs link up in Beaufort (Carteret County News-Times)
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Brad Snethen and his son Brady check out Charlie Doty's model of his tractor repair shop in Malden during Saturday's Model Train Fair and Farm Toy Show at the Bureau County Fairgrounds. Displayed were all types of trains, with some of the popular Thomas toy trains, HO Scale trains and the larger Lionel style trains. John Deere and other brands of farm toys were also sold at the show. (BCR ...
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All aboard! (Bureau County Republican)
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Bob Olson drove from Charleston to Huntington's Veterans Memorial Field House Friday night in search for treasure.
Continue here: Model Railroad Show kicks off (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Though this may not be prime time for viewing the UT Gardens, a new holiday attraction featuring 10 garden-scale model trains, miniature landscapes and thousands of lights has sprouted at the site.
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New model train display chugs onto the Christmas scene at UT Gardens (Knoxville News Sentinel)
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