For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Several trains made an unexpected stop this weekend at Valley River Center in Eugene. Model railroad enthusiasts put their engines on display.
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All aboard! Train show stops at VRC (KVAL Eugene)
We all know about model trains, role models and even model homes. But what's the story behind Willard Model Elementary School in Lakewood? And who was Willard?
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What's in a name? | Willard Model Elementary School (The Virginian-Pilot)
Do you think kids spend too much time playing video games? Parents are often at a loss as to what activities are good alternatives. The Great Train Expo in Council Bluffs was a popular destination this weekend.
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All Aboard For Great Train Expo (WOWT Omaha)
Whether they run on an elevated guideway or on city streets, trains are by far a safer way to travel than automobiles.
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This isn’t your father’s model railroad. Or your grandfather’s, either, for that matter. Plenty of the railroad enthusiasts taking part this weekend at the 31st annual Operating Model Railroad Show inside Valley River Center have had model railroading steaming through their blood for generations. And the passion is much the …
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Toy trains take to technology (The Register-Guard)
FULLERTON The death of his grandpa in December devastated Jay Wydra, 14. The two had spent years together visiting train shows, driving to NASCAR races and watching baseball. Grandpa Bernard Wydra, who died of lymphoma at age 65, even willed his...
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Teen pleads: Bring back trains (Orange County Register)
There are a lot of train enthusiasts in southwest Georgia, and they could all be found at the Flint River Model Train Show.
Continue here: Model Train Show kicks off Saturday (WFXL Southwest Georgia)
New model trail layouts will be featured when the third annualModel Railroad Day steams into the historical Oceano Depot from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Model Railroad Day rolling into Oceano (Santa Maria Times)
MILTON — Philip Reedy, of Lewisburg, recently donated the 1930s -1940s handmade O-Gauge model train locomotive and 25 train cars, owned by his late father, Robert D. Reedy, to the Milton Model Train Museum.
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Donor boosts train museum collection (The Milton Standard-Journal)
The pleasures of farm TV.
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Satellite Feed (New York Times)