Archive for the ‘Model Train News’ Category

Miniature Trains Recall Marceline’s Past – Part 1

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Walsworth Community Center Board of Directors will celebrate Marceline’s railroading roots by hosting its second annual Model Train Show. The event will be held, as it was in 2010, at the Walsworth Community Center. Bring the kids and enjoy recalling your own childhood, and that of your community, as you view some elaborate operating model train layouts. Then ...

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Model railroad chugs into town

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

A model train runs around a track at Fremont Public Library. (Heather Holm) North Central O Gaugers, a model railroad club based at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein, presented a circus/carnival-themed model railroad display Saturday at the Wauconda Area Public Library.

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In Roxbury, Locomotion

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

“My dream is to have many, many, many trains running at one time,” said Harvey Yaverbaum. “It’s all about motion. In my head, I see 14 to 15 trains moving simultaneously.”

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Healthy Hollywood: Get Movin' Monday – A Healthy Model Workout!

Monday, April 30th, 2012

A healthy model workout sounds like an oxymoron. Healthy Hollywood has covered the fashion world for years and I have seen my share of scarily thin models. You often hear of models that go on crazy crash diets or simply starve themselves before a big photo shoot or runway show. So, Healthy Hollywood was happy to meet up with Sports Illustrated model, Jessica Perez. The Costa Rican beauty is big ...

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Enthusiasts get on board with trains

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Model Railroading: Howard Mason, 75 of Bayfield, Ontario talks about his first model train at the Railroad Show and Swap Sunday at McMorran.

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Weekend model trains in Tyler

Monday, April 30th, 2012

The Cotton Belt Depot Museum held their annual model railroading show at the harvey convention center in Tyler Sunday, raising money to keep their doors open to the public. YouTube Video:  No YouTube read more

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Trains rumble through Central for annual festival

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Chuck Spelina gave a "high-ball" hand gesture as a train barreled past downtown Central's Railroad Festival on Saturday afternoon.

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In Roxbury, a Former Manhattan Attorney Finds Some Locomotion

Friday, April 27th, 2012

“My dream is to have many, many, many trains running at one time,” said Harvey Yaverbaum. “It’s all about motion. In my head, I see 14 to 15 trains moving simultaneously.”

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NDP says unfair to subsidize GO Trains but sell off Ontario Northland Railway

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

TORONTO - It's unfair for the Liberal government to subsidize public transit in southern Ontario while planning to privatize train service in the north, New Democrat house leader Gilles Bisson said Thursday.

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Sites and Sounds: Planes, Trains & (Really Fast) Automobiles

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

On the look out for some rockin' vacation events in the month of May? Look no further as antiMusic's travel editor Kevin Wierzbicki gives you the lowdown on three great events taking place next month!

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