For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Leaf veins show that looped networks may be better at overcoming obstacles than branched networks.
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Leaves Show Looped Networks May Be Better Than Branched (Wired News)
You ought to know that Herr Otto made the auto possible. Happy birthday, internal combustion engine.
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The acute ear of a Chicago Transit Authority official leads to the arrest of a man accused of making unauthorized radio transmissions on the CTA's radio network.
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What's the Frequency, Carter? (NBC Chicago)
Tom Snyder's famed model train set is now on display at the Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Bay Area.
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All Aboard: Tom Snyder's Train Set on Display (NBC Los Angeles)
Tom Snyder's famed model train set is now on display at the Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Bay Area.
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Thousands expected to pack the convention center to show off model trains.
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The tiny world of model trains will take over Hartford for the national train show's first New England stop.
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Move Your Caboose! Train Show Heading Here (NBC Connecticut)
“The Metro train car that slammed into another on the Red Line yesterday evening was two months past due for scheduled maintenance on its brakes, and the car was an older model that federal officials had recommended be replaced because of concerns about its safety in a crash, officials said today….
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An icon's train workshop is located in Griffith Park. And it only opens every so often. And it is open on Father's Day. Details...
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Dad Likes Trains; We Like This Free Dad's Day To-Do (NBC Los Angeles)
If you still don't believe in Thomas Friedman's mantra that the world is flat when it comes to business, here is yet another exhibit, Infosys Technologies.
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How Silicon Valley and India Can Save Our Economy (NBC Bay Area)