Organization Notes: Jan. 14

Friday, January 13th, 2012

See model trains in action Sunday at Burlington City Hall

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Model railroad at library

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Coastal Mountain Railroad, a group of hobbyists from area communities, will exhibit its HO-scale model trains at the Norfolk Public Library.

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A new home for Schaefer’s beloved model trains

Monday, December 12th, 2011

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 ...

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Mini model train display in Arundel chugs through the ages

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

The Severna Park Model RR Club, now 47, to open its doors to lovers of HO model trains His father always set up an elaborate network of Lionel model trains late on Dec. 24, so when Frank Winner and his little brother, Jim, got up Christmas mornings, they'd find the living room of the small family home filled with moving cars, blowing whistles and flashing lights.

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A model-train lover’s paradise

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Eight-year-old Ethan Saul has a 14-foot by 9-foot model train layout with vintage steam locomotives at home, and Friday he was in his element as he admired the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express train at the Science Museum of Virginia.

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Family runs model trains for charity

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Train garden consumes Thanksgiving week Model trains, not turkey, top the Thanksgiving menu for the Schumm family of Harford County. They have, for the past nine years, forgone the traditional dinner so they can treat thousands of others to a visual feast at the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Festival of Trees, which opens Friday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

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Family forgoes Thanksgiving to run model trains for charity

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Train garden consumes Thanksgiving week Model trains, not turkey, top the Thanksgiving menu for the Schumm family of Harford County.

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Trains invade the planes at Museum of Aviation

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Can you hear that whistle blowing? It’s comin’ round the bend at the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base.

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Organization Notes: Nov. 19

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

See model trains in action Sunday in Burlington

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More train displays in the region

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

• America on Wheels: Model trains in O and G scale and Lego layout by the group PennLUG fill the galleries of the Allentown transportation museum Nov. 25-Dec. 29. Support Toys for Tots by donating a new, unwrapped toy and placing it on the Mack truck in the lobby driven by Santa. Hours:10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $10; $3.50, ages 11-16; free,10 ...

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