Model Train Museum Now Open in Former Hobby Shop

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Missourian Photo. A museum-quality model train layout is currently under construction at Iron Horse Trains, 11 W. Main St. in Downtown Washington. The finished layout will be complete with six levels of track for HO scale trains.

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Model Train Museum Now Open in Former Hobby Shop

World of model trains and tiny treasures comes to Pasco

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

By Robert Napper, Times Correspondent Saturday, February 4, 2012 These poker players are among the many precise details at the new Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling, a recently renovated 7,800-square-foot facility in Odessa. ODESSA — It is a behemoth in the modular train business. When it's pieced together, the Sundance Central Modular Railroad village spans 45 feet by 20 feet, with 235 ...

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Auctions: Philadelphia-area auctions offer trains and metal memorabilia

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Three sales next week will offer items appealing to the metallurgically minded: a gold presentation trophy; a collection of brass model railroad trains, and advertising signs made of tin. Off to the smelters.

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Large-scale model train hobbyists are on the same track

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree. While most of those train sets have been long-since put away, some Southern Illinoisans' fondness for model railroading has grown, both in levels of interest and in the size of their trains.

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Model trains entertain all ages

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Hundreds of model train enthusiasts had an opportunity to view and operate elaborate layouts as well as buy and sell new and antique trains last Saturday during the annual Train Collector’s Associatio

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Working on the railroad

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Model Railroad Club of Buffalo plans first open house in three years

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Around Town: Movin' down the track

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Wanda McLain and her great-grandson Casey Eppley of Walkersville watch model trains chug along the tracks during the Frederick County Society of Model Engineers’ open house Sunday afternoon in Frederick

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Model trains delight at Cal Expo show

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Spyro Avdis, 3, got a kick out of a passing model train at the Great Train Expo at Cal Expo on Satur

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Thorpe’s model train whistle to soon go silent

Monday, January 9th, 2012

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Model trains have been a passion for Michael and Erica Heery, shown with their Old Mauch Chunk display, which has been a Jim Thorpe tourist attraction for 26 years. The display is closing on Sunday.

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Angels, model trains featured at New Year’s Eve Salem

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

SALEM - Angels and model trains will be the focus of two of the six venues for New Year's Eve Salem on Saturday.

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