For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
NEW HAVEN — It’s a model train show. It’s an antique car show. It’s an art show. It’s all of the above!
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Model trains, antique cars and art on show in New Haven
SOUTHINGTON — The freight depot on Canal Street was once a bustling center of activity, with trucks and trains pulling up all day to deliver or pick up goods.
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Mangia at Westie street fest WEST HAVEN — Oh, we can smell that sauce already.
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BEST OF WEEKEND: Sept. 10 - 12
WINDSOR HEIGHTS - A local man's interest in model railroads and the steel industry has resulted in a unique display he hopes to share with area residents later this month.
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NEW BRITAIN Klingberg Family Centers has been designated to receive a $400,000 federal Department of Justice grant that will help their transition to a new outreach facility in Hartford and keep local police officers meeting with kids.
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Klingberg gets $400K for outreach building
Mayor Richard Daley will announce formation of a committee Wednesday to study a premium express train service between downtown and O'Hare International Airport. The move follows an unsuccessful attempt by the CTA to launch faster rail service to both O'Hare and Midway airports from the Loop . The Daley administration still believes a business model can be developed to support an express train ...
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Premium rail service to O'Hare to be studied
EARLIER this year, I had the opportunity to ride the Amtrak Auto Train from Sanford, Fla., to Lorton, Va. Sanford is very close to Orlando and Lorton is just south of Washington, D.C. Every day the trains travel that route: one train moving north and one moving south.
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Long trip gone awry provides some valuable tips
DICK Smith this week picked the damnedest way to tell us not to multiply
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Column - Dick Smiths blondes are no way to warn against breeding
GIOVANNI TRAPATTONIs age and health was not a concern when the FAI approached him to be Ireland manager, according to Ray Houghton.
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Houghton plays down Trap health fears
Mentor officials plan to shift gears and some funds toward improving the city's travel and tourism prospects.
Continue here: Mentor eyeing tourism dollars