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Corruption, broken trains, floods in the city: This is Singapore?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:19:35 +0000

Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial district. It may sound like the Philippines or perhaps Indonesia, but this is Singapore.

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Hobbies: Sharing a passion

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

If sharing a hobby is akin to sharing love, then participants in a National Hobby Day celebration at Frayser-Raleigh Senior Center on Jan. 26 generously displayed their personal natures.

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World of model trains and tiny treasures comes to Pasco

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:27:49 +0000

By Robert Napper, Times Correspondent Saturday, February 4, 2012 These poker players are among the many precise details at the new Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling, a recently renovated 7,800-square-foot facility in Odessa. ODESSA — It is a behemoth in the modular train business. When it's pieced together, the Sundance Central Modular Railroad village spans 45 feet by 20 feet, with 235 ...

Auctions: Philadelphia-area auctions offer trains and metal memorabilia

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:32:37 +0000

Three sales next week will offer items appealing to the metallurgically minded: a gold presentation trophy; a collection of brass model railroad trains, and advertising signs made of tin. Off to the smelters.

Trains and toilet training put the spring in Stewart's step

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:41 +0000

Rod Stewart and his luxuriant blonde bouffant, which has been in vogue for more than half a century, set foot in a radio studio for the first time in 10 years this morning.

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Waynesville's Fun Things Etc. hosts free model train exhibit

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:14:14 +0000

WAYNESVILLE — The Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders will set up their collection of electric Lionel model trains Friday at Fun Things Etc., 196 N. Main St. The free display will be open through Feb. 12.

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Big E hosts Railroad Hobby Show

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:03:18 +0000

Model railroad trains have rolled into the big E expo center.

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Conducting magic

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:45:34 +0000

As the foot-long model train engine chugged around the tracks Saturday, making its way through an idyllic miniature town and blowing a horn, Mo Clark tried to decide which of her boys was most mesmerized: 5-year-old Colin, 7-year-old Aidan — or 41-year-old Wayne, Clark’s husband. “There’s something about boys and …

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Large-scale model train hobbyists are on the same track

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:39:52 +0000

Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree. While most of those train sets have been long-since put away, some Southern Illinoisans' fondness for model railroading has grown, both in levels of interest and in the size of their trains.

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Model trains on display at Valley River Center

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:58:29 +0000

It's a childhood dream come true this weekend at Valley River Center.

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