In Roxbury, Locomotion

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

“My dream is to have many, many, many trains running at one time,” said Harvey Yaverbaum. “It’s all about motion. In my head, I see 14 to 15 trains moving simultaneously.”

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Something for everyone at maritime park’s season opener this weekend

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Whether you are interested in shopping, food, show cars, model trains, colonial re-enactors, antique boats, Civil War exhibits, boat building, creek cruises, diesel engines, open air music or just walking around the park, there is something for you at Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park’s Working Waterman’s Weekend and season opener this Friday and Saturday, April 27–28, from ...

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Family working on the railroad store because son has passion for trains

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

One reason to become the owner of a small business is because you can’t bear to see a place y

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Bridgeton artist's plastic model kit illustrations set for display

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

BRIDGETON — An iconic plastic model kit company is ready to re-assemble its product line.

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Small-time model may have been behind Viveka Babajee's suicide

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Cops now have reason to believe that late international model Viveka Babajee, who took her own life in 2010, may have been driven to suicide over Simrin Sud's growing closeness to her then boyfriend, ... Related Stories Relief for Mumbai: Chaos controlled, trains on track Minors missing in Imphal, suspected to have been recruited by militants Three-year-old girl raped and killed in Cuffe Parade ...

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Relief for Mumbai: Chaos controlled, trains on track

Friday, April 20th, 2012

After two days of chaos, normalcy seems to have returned to Mumbai's Central Railway line. The authorities have reportedly worked round the clock to restore the services. A three-member committee will... Related Stories Minors missing in Imphal, suspected to have been recruited by militants Three-year-old girl raped and killed in Cuffe Parade Small-time model may have been behind Viveka Babajee ...

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In retirees' Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship. The ladies are everywhere at the Atria Woodbridge senior living community in Irvine: It is the ladies who fill the dining hall, the ladies who while away the afternoon chatting and doing crossword ...

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New look DeQuincy museum ready to host festival

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

“The museum is a reflection of the history of DeQuincy from its beginnings in 1897 and its growth from the railroads. The building itself is the most important one historically in DeQuincy. We are very proud of what we have done [with the updates],” said Gary Cooper, former DeQuincy mayor and current President of the DeQuincy Railroad Museum Board of Directors.

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Efficiency prompts big, pricey changes at KAAPA Ethanol

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

MINDEN — The dirt work was finished Monday and about two-thirds of the nearly four miles of rail has been laid in a huge loop south of the KAAPA Ethanol plant. With delivery of a locomotive expected in about six weeks, plant employees loading 96-car unit trains for shipment on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line soon will be living the dream of model train enthusiasts, but on a full-scale ...

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From hobbyist to hobby shop owner

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

After years of buying model trains and aircraft from Cape Cod Hobby, Clayton Brown decided earlier this year to buy the business when previous owner Brian Decaire died unexpectedly.

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