For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
A model train runs around a track at Fremont Public Library. (Heather Holm) North Central O Gaugers, a model railroad club based at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein, presented a circus/carnival-themed model railroad display Saturday at the Wauconda Area Public Library.
Richard J. Ryan, a railroad enthusiast and model train hobbyist who worked 30 years as a machine and equipment mechanic for Western Electric, died Monday in the Center for Hospice&Palliative Care, Cheektowaga. He was 84.
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Richard J. Ryan, mechanic, model train hobbyist
Walter Watson plans to form a model railroad club and hopes to generate some interest in the organization. He said there were still a lot of details to work out, but he wanted to get more people on board with the project.
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Councilman plans to form model railroad club
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
A 16th Street man faces grand larceny and petit larceny charges in the theft of more than $10,000 worth of model trains and audio equipment from the attic of a Linwood Avenue man, Buffalo police report.
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Man arrested in theft of model trains, audio gear
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — CSX Transportation (CSXT) has entered into a rail security partnership with the State of Mississippi, which represents a model CSXT successfully uses with other states.
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CSXT, state enter railway security partnership
You would have thought getting me up in a high-speed airplane would be like pulling teeth. Well, luckily there was a dentist at the helm, as Dr. Eric Hansen from Cold Lake piloted his F1-Rocket on the media availability day for the 2010 Wetaskiwin Air Show.
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F1-Rocket ride puts reporter on cloud nine
BLUEFIELD BLUEFIELD Chicory Square will be the new home for 23 of the model trains from the Paint the Train contest held as part of the Cole Chevy Mountain Festival this year.
Continue here: Painted model trains pull into Chicory Square
HIGHLAND The 2010 Invention Convention has selected eight Highland School District students as semifinalists for the competition.
More here: Highland inventors go on to semifinals
LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea can shrug off the controversy surrounding captain John Terry by delivering a knock-out blow to title rivals Arsenal today.
More here: Ancelotti shrug off Terry storm (The Borneo Post)