For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page ESSEX — Steve Cryan has again transformed the third floor of the Connecticut River Museum into a wonderland of model trains, tug boats and Connecticut River history.
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A Massive Train Show, 18 Years Running
If you squint your eyes, you may feel like you're inside a snow globe at the "Enchanted Railroad" display at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. "It's so engaging, and it's a sensory stimulation," said Special Events Manager Marilyn Baysek of the display, which drew 15,000 visitors last year.
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Stephenson's is wooing holiday shoppers Friday with a sale at its Southampton gallery of toys - at highly affordable prices - featuring that most appealing of decorations for the Christmas tree, toy trains to run under it.
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McKee Botanical Garden's large-scale model trains are ready to welcome visitors to "Holidays at McKee"
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Becker Spaun stands amid his model trains in his Hannibal, Mo. basement. Spaun has been collecting model trains for more than 40 years; he has hundreds of miniature coal, freight and passenger train cars.
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BALTIMORE - An orange Union Pacific car. A maroon car from the New York Central Lines. A star-spangled Lionel bicentennial train. They once were prized possessions of one of Maryland's most beloved politicians, the late William Donald Schaefer, and now they're on display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The cantankerous former governor, comptroller and Baltimore mayor had a soft spot for model trains ...
Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack. The wheels of time roll back. As smart-looking locomotives meander through lush fields, over intricate bridges and around bustling cities, it's easy to remember when trains were more than just a fading mode of transportation. "Everybody likes trains," said Gary Schnappinger of Centreville, president of the 3-year-old Queen Anne's Railroad Society, which has 20 ...
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Picture model trains set up as tall as eye level chugging away through snow-filled miniature villages. You can see this in person if you attend the Kishwaukee Valley-Eakin Creek Model Railroad Club of Sun City's holiday display in Huntley.
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By Jessica Debbas SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Christmas time brings out the toys and so did one model train club in Springfield this weekend. About 80-feet of miniature trains made their way through hand-made villages set up at the Gateway Mall. "N" scale is one of the main scales of model railroading, but it's much smaller than a lot of versions many people grew up with. Model train engineers say it's ...
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FARGO - The Red River Modules Model Railroad Club will display and demonstrate model trains from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the public library's community room in downtown Fargo.
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Library hosts modular train event Saturday