For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
University of Utah paleontologist, author and TV host Scott Sampson will speak Friday at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History about the exotic dinosaurs of "West America."
I want one.
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Nearer my iPad to thee: Apple's Gutenberg? (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• Orders stay high in January as toy shops replenish shelves • Toy Story 3 to give Scalextric owner a summer sales boost Toy maker Hornby has reported strong demand for its trains, planes and automobiles over Christmas and is looking forward to a fresh sales boost this summer from a Toy Story 3 tie-up. The company – home to its eponymous model railways as well as Airfix, Scalextric, Corgi and ...
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There's nothing Frankie Johns and his dad, Merle "Bee" Johns, like to do more than take a ride together on the Cass Scenic Railroad in the little mill town of Cass in the mountains of southern West Virginia.
Continue here: Bethel father, Plumcreek son bond over love of trains (The Leader Times)
Senior government officials making the long trip to the Alpine venue of the annual World Economic Forum tend to fly in from Zurich by helicopter — that is, those who can still afford it do.
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner LAKE CAREY - A group of model railroad enthusiasts gathered at the Lake Care Fire Company on Saturday evening to work on plans to form a club in the Wyoming County area. Most of those present already have extensive model railroad displays of their own, but there were some novices at the gathering. They were all interested in joining others to ...
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Model railroad club meets (Wyoming County Press Examiner)
The show is dedicated to "scale" model trains, -- model trains that are intended to be reasonably accurate scale models. The merchandise at our shows includes all the common scales from Z to large scale.
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Great Scale Model Train Show (The Capital)
The French fashion house's show was dominated by style stars and celebrities.
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Dior Shows Off Equestrian Theme at Paris Fashion Week (Fox News)
For its 61st Republic Day Tuesday, India chose as its foreign honoree the president of South Korea – a nod to his country's role in building badly needed infrastructure and to India’s growing trade within Asia.
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Spring-summer 2010 haute couture displays shot out of the gates on Monday with a whinnying equestrian themed collection at Dior, while Armani gave stars the moon, with lustrous lunar looks made for the red carpet.
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Dior saddles up for equestrian couture show (AP via Yahoo! Finance)