Archive for October, 2011

Love of trains knows no age

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Nick Taylor, 8, and his grandfather Lynn Merholz, of North Royalton, watch model trains at the Medina Model Railroad and Toy Show on Sunday afternoon. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY MICHELLE SPREHE)

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Love of trains knows no age

Model Trains on Display During WVU’s Mountaineer Week

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Mountaineer Week kicks off with a number of events, including a child's favorite, the trains.

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Model Trains on Display During WVU's Mountaineer Week

All aboard the model train extravaganza

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Train modelers of all ages are all aboard the Model Railroad Extravaganza this weekend at the Wilmington Railroad Museum. Organizers geared this year's event more toward kids in an effort to keep the love for model trains alive for future generations. Little ones and teens can participate in challenges around the model tracks to earn an engineer certificate. Model ...

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Thousands More Seats as Virgin Trains Goes for Growth

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

LONDON, October 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Virgin Trains plans to add thousands more seats to its award-winning services during next year following today´s announcement of an eight-month extension to its West Coast franchise. Virgin Rail Group …

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£1,000 worth of model trains taken

Monday, October 24th, 2011

A DOZEN model trains worth £1,000 were stolen in a burglary of a garage in Southampton.

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Hundreds get on board for model trains

Monday, October 24th, 2011

The haunting call of a train's whistle rang out many times Sunday inside the Sedgwick County Extension Center.

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Model railroad fun on track in Fairfield

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Myles Shanley, 5, of Weston, watches trains at the Valley N'Trak's layout at the 25th Annual Model railroad Show on Sunday, October, 23, 2011. Housatonic Model Railway Club and Fairfield Museum and History Center presented the show at Fairfield Warde High School.

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North East News: Two North girls reach finals of East Coast Trains modeling competition

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

THE striking good looks of this pair have stopped bosses at a top model agency in their tracks.

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North East News: Two North girls reach finals of East Coast Trains modeling competition

North East News: MODEL MISSION

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

THE striking good looks of this pair have stopped bosses at a top model agency in their tracks.

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North East News: MODEL MISSION

Model train fans combine old, new

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

If you're a fan of trains, maybe even slightly obsessed with them, Jim Sullivan of the Black Hills Railway Society wants you to know that you're not alone.

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