For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
An event known as "The World's Greatest Hobby on Tour" is underway at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It is model railroading and it features a train ride for kids, model trains, seminars and... Read more at www.WISHTV.com
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Model Railroading at fairgrounds
License plates from Michigan, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia showed up last week at the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum in Richland. read more »
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Model railroad museum in Richland draws up to 10,000 guests annually
McKee Botanical Garden's large-scale model trains are ready to welcome visitors to "Holidays at McKee"
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Vero Beach's McKee Botanical Garden rolls out train, more for holiday event
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 ...
Outfitted in a blue-striped railroad engineer's hat and Thomas the Tank Engine-themed shirt and pants, Billy Danhardt, 4, peered up at the model trains chugging by on miniature tracks, his eyes shinin
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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Model railroading still engine of interest for many
Model trains and military toys are on exhibit at The Visitor Center in Jefferson Barracks Park through Dec.
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Model Trains And Military Toys
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
When Jim Herbein was growing up in Fleetwood, he'd catch a ride on a Reading Co. steam locomotive delivering freight to his grandfather's depot, A.R. Hoffman Lumber & Coal.
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BORDENTOWN CITY — Model train fanatics, art buffs, history lovers and bookworms found common ground at Railroad Days, a two-day festival hosted by Bordentown Heritage.
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Trains, history and art draw crowds to Bordentown City