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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Model train club preserves memories of yesteryear

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Once upon a time the train was the focal point of many towns, some of which owed their very existence to the railroad. The howl of a whistle announced the arrival of the train that was bringing passengers, news, mail and goods that otherwise the townspeople would do without.

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Hot Ticket: Behind the Myths, model trains, handmade items

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman will take a stab at establishing the validity of adages, news stories and rumors in this live version of their TV show " Mythbusters ."

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Stanford team trains computer to evaluate breast cancer

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

( Stanford University Medical Center ) In a paper to be published Nov. 9 in Science Translational Medicine, computer scientists at the Stanford School of Engineering and pathologists at the Stanford School of Medicine report their collaboration to train computers to analyze breast cancer microscopic images. The computer analysis were more accurate than those conducted by humans.

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European rail: Big boost for trains as flying costs soar

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Almost all the leading travel management companies (TMCs) are agreed on the growing importance to the business traveller of Europe's rail network.

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European rail: Big boost for trains as flying costs soar

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Almost all the leading travel management companies (TMCs) are agreed on the growing importance to the business traveller of Europe's rail network.

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Waynesboro Lions Club train show will be Nov. 6

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

There’s something calming about watching model trains snake along tracks through ornate villages built by area train enthusiasts. The 11th annual Waynesboro Lions Club train show is headed to the Mont Alto Volunteer Fire Department from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Two working model train layouts will fill the fire hall, along with 80 vendors selling train sets, model trains and automobiles ...

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Around Town — Railroad Days

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Terry Elder of New Midway and granddaughter Paislynn Elder, 19 months, watch model trains Saturday at the annual Brunswick Railroad Days festival The display was courtesy of the Washington, Virginia & Maryland Garden Railway Society

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Annual New England Model Train Expo to pull into Best Western

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

The nonprofit HUB Division is hosting its annual New England Model Train Expo on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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