For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
A RARE chance to view top-class model trains and boats in action on the outskirts of St Albans arises tomorrow, and will last until New Year's Day.
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Model trains and boats in action near St Albans (St Albans & Harpenden Review)
Train engineers of all ages jumped on the platform of fun at the Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club this weekend.
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Model train lovers engineer a fun afternoon in Port St. Lucie (TCPalm.com)
They carry more than 1.5 trillion ton-miles of cargo, and they have inspired everything from art to music to movies. And as much as video games have captured the short attention span of children today,
More here: Great Falls model train enthusiasts share their passion (KTVQ Billings)
LIMA - Troy Kleman can't recall what started his fascination with model railroading.
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All aboard: Annual show promotes model railroading (The Lima News)
PUEBLO - For about 75 years starting in the mid-1800s, more than 200,000 homeless abandoned children in the eastern U.S. were put onto trains headed west. The hope was someone would give them new homes.
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Colo. man one of the last few who rode the Orphan Train (9 News Denver)
Most of the men in the Newport Model Railroad Club got into trains at a young age - either because they lived near railroad tracks, or were given a train set for Christmas, said member David Blume. Advertisement: GREAT RIVERS RESIDENTIAL LOTS DRASTICALLY REDUCED! SAVE THOUSANDS!! SOME REDUCED BY $50,000!! UNIQUE LOTS WITH BEAUTIFUL BLUFF VIEWS. Buy Now, Build Later! On the eastern ...
More here: Hooked on trains and sharing their craft (South Washington County Bulletin)
Peter Magoun, a master model maker, will present a clinic Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Festival of Trains at the Grand Traverse Heritage Center. The Festival of Trains continues through Jan. 1. Call 995-0313.
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Hot Entertainment Picks: 12/26/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The Model Railroad Festival takes place in Tacoma at the Washington State History Museum Dec. 26-Jan. 3.
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All aboard for Tacoma museum's annual Model Train Festival (Seattle Times)
Little City by the Bay: In the Golden Gate Express Garden Railway at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, model trains zip through a tiny version of San Francisco, complete with replicas of Coit Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transamerica Pyramid.
Continue here: San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers sprouts new holiday exhibit (The San Francisco Examiner)
In the Golden Gate Express Garden Railway at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, model trains zip through a tiny version of San Francisco, complete with replicas of Coit Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transamerica Pyramid.
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Roots of The City are big and small (The San Francisco Examiner)