For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The climate is right for trains. More than just a clever slogan by transportation mogul Bombardier, it harkens back to a golden age of interurban train travel.
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Don't overlook rail option, says commentator (The Chilliwack Progress)
HILL CITY -- Forget the presents. Walter Mueller can’t think of anything better under his tree than a train.
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Model trains bring young and old alike (Rapid City Journal)
“This train’s got the disappearing-railroad blues,” sang Arlo Guthrie in “The City of New Orleans.” And he was right. Sometimes it seems our railways are fading faster than the mournful sound of a lonesome whistle on the midnight wind.
More here: You don’t need a loco motive to visit model train show (Observer)
The trains were rolling downtown Saturday -- albeit little ones – during the Black Hills Railway Society’s semiannual model railroad show.
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Little trains turn into a big hobby (Rapid City Journal)
others also read... The fourth annual toy fair is pairing up with the Mustard Seed Food Bank. The Ultimate Hobby and Toy Fair, presented by Cherry Bomb Toys, will features action figures, vintage toys, model trains and more.
More here: Toy fair helps food bank (Victoria News)
Robert McAhren, professor of history emeritus at Washington and Lee University, died Tuesday at Stonewall Jackson Hospital. He was 73. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 11 a.m. in the Lee Chapel with the Rev. William M. Klein of Lexington Presbyterian Church presiding.
Continue here: Washington and Lee University Emeritus Professor Robert McAhren Dies at 73 (Rockbridge Weekly)
He rushed to the firehall, then located at the back of the town hall on Frank Street, and returned a few minutes later with his fellow firefighters to start the battle with the blaze. The fire wasn’t out until after midnight.
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After 45 years, fire chief is retiring (Strathroy Age Dispatch)
Belleville – The signing of a protocol document Monday was a step toward lowering the risk of violence in local schools.
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School boards sign protocol to reduce risk of violence among student (The Community Press)
Concerned that far more than a soured U.S. economy is eroding the state's position in the global supply chain, the Orangeburg County Development Commission is promoting a $700 million plan to create a "global logistics corridor" extending from the Port of Charleston to Columbia.
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Centerpiece of $700 million Land for inland port would be given by Jafza (The Times and Democrat)
Nowadays, you can drive from Baltimore to Cumberland in 2 1/2 hours — less if you have a lead foot.
Continue here: Looking Back 1901: Baltimore to Cumberland, the hard way (Cumberland Times-News)