For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
SANDWICH, Ill. (AP) - Sandwich resident Bob Knight has been intrigued by all things railroad for as long as he can remember. “What draws me to attractions is the operation and the sheer size of trains,” Knight said. “And the lure of the rails has a kind of nostalgic sort of effect.”
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Whether it’s in Arroyo Grande, Nipomo or even Kansas, the Foster family’s railroads must roll.
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TOKYO -- To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.
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To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.
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Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest (AP via Yahoo! News)
To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance. Like many Japanese of his generation, the 28-year-old musician and part-time maintenance worker says owning a car is more trouble than it's worth, especially in a congested city where monthly parking runs as much as 30,000 yen ($330), ...
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To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Thirty years of Tuesday nights is a little more than a whopping 1500 nights. I met a group of men who have spent all of those nights together. And every one of those Tuesday nights was spent playing with model trains.
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Carolina Traveler | A Tuesday night obsession (WCNC Charlotte)
Locomotive by locomotive coupled to special-edition boxcars, the hobby of collecting model trains can add up to real-life big money. Just ask Jake Galloway, 63, a retired high school teacher and son of a railroad telegraph operator, who after decades of collecting, figures he has $15,000 worth of model trains at home in Elmore. That may seem an unbelievable sum to those who grew up to a ...
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Miniature rail enthusiasts right on track at train exhibit (The Toledo Blade)
Most people who aren’t 10 years old or dedicated hobbyists don’t get too excited about model trains, and Bob Bertany knows it.
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Litchfield: A thousand hidden treasures (Morning Times)