For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Arriving home after a two-year stint in the U.S. Coast Guard, Jon Smith faced a sudden, life-altering choice: Go to college or get a job. His father gave him 20 minutes to decide.He chose to be a carpenter.Still hard at...
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Innerviews: Master carpenter preserves the past (The Charleston Gazette)
EASLEY —Jim Cevasco smiled Sunday as he watched a train display with his grandson at the Central Railway Model and Historical Association’s annual train show.Cevasco, 63, of Simpsonville said he has been a train enthusiast since he was 4. He brought his grandson, Scott Buie, 8, to the show in the hopes of passing along his hobby to him one day.Scott said he was impressed by the speed of the ...
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Annual Central train show draws railroad enthusiasts (Anderson Independent-Mail)
THE cheapest fares on trains from York to London and Edinburgh have been slashed – meaning a ticket to ride now costs less than 31 years ago.
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Travel back to 1979... (York Press)
Calling all train enthusiasts! The stage is set. The tracks are laid and coordinators are putting on the finishing touches for the 22nd annual Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet to be held Saturday, Feb. 27, and Sunday, Feb. 28, in Lena.
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Depot Stove Gang show kicks off (The Journal-Standard)
Getting high-speed rail to Central Florida was a battle. It passed partly on the promise of jobs. WFTV went all the way to Madrid, Spain to find out what kinds of jobs came with the trains.
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WFTV In Spain: What Jobs Will Rail Bring? (WFTV 9 Orlando)
THE term ‘model railway enthusiast’ may invoke a particular stereotype, but as an exhibition in Wylam proved on Saturday, engine fever crosses social boundaries.
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Steam age travel makes a triumphant return to Wylam (The Hexham Courant)
See model trains in action March 6
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Community Briefs: Feb. 27 (The Journal Times)
Ford Motor Co. said it will spend $155 million upgrading a factory to build a new fuel-efficient V6 engine for the 2011 Mustang and expects to add 60 jobs as a result.
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Ford to invest $155M, add jobs at engine plant (AP via Yahoo! News)
When Picasso went to a show of children's art, he remarked: "When I was their age I could draw like Raphael; but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them." He wasn't alone in this ambition. Primitivism was a big thing in modern art; along with tribesmen and the insane, good European children were a model of the primitive. Many 20th century artists tried to draw like kids: Kandinsky, Klee ...
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Great Works: Portrait of a Young Boy holding a Child's Drawing (circa 1515), Giovanni Francesco Caroto (Independent)
Clarinda's Nodaway Valley Historical Museum invites you to its next First Sunday program at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 7. Our mayor, Gordon Kokenge will share his love of “Model Trains” with us. Bring your memories and learn more about these historic Christmas presents of yesteryear.
More here: Clarinda Mayor to present First Sunday program (The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)