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Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsTrain enthusiast, rail historian has been building massive model …

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:46:25 +0000

Becker Spaun stands amid his model trains in his Hannibal, Mo. basement. Spaun has been collecting model trains for more than 40 years; he has hundreds of miniature coal, freight and passenger train cars.

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Model Railroad Club sets 10th anniversary celebration Oct. 1

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:09:58 +0000

Ten years ago Tansi resident Mike Ferry decided Crossville needed a model railroad club. Ferry and a handful of fellow hobbyists started meeting at the Crossville Depot to hold modeling classes and discuss model railroading.

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Virgin Trains Enables Carrier Billing for On-Board Wi-Fi Service

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:37:34 +0000

Customers of UK rail operator Virgin Trains are now able to purchase onboard Wi-Fi access using their mobile phones.

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China recalls 54 bullet trains

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:29:54 +0000

A Chinese state-owned bullet train manufacturer recalled 54 trains today following a July crash that killed 40 people. China North Locomotive and Rolling Stock Ltd (CNR) recalled model CRH380BL trains used on the Beijing-Shanghai line, which has suffered repeated delays blamed on equipment failures.

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Trains aren’t garden-variety models

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:35:16 +0000

A North Barrington woman is giving the public a glimpse into the world of mobile miniatures that she's created.

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Trains aren't garden-variety models

Garden railroads picking up steam in Dalton

Fri, 13 May 2011 04:08:35 +0000

G-scale model train hobbyists from across the country will travel to Dalton, Ga., this weekend for the Southeast Garden Railroad Show, one of just five such shows held in the country.

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Are China’s high-speed trains heading off the rails?

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:53:00 +0000

China’s expanding network of ultramodern high-speed trains has come under growing scrutiny here over costs and because of concerns that builders ignored safety standards in the quest to build faster trains in record time.

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Joplin Museum Complex hosts Tri-State Model Railroaders Train Show

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:04:42 +0000

For the past 15 years, the Joplin Museum Complex has been home to the Tri-State Model Rail-Roaders train show and swap meet. And this weekend is no different. More than 60 tables of model trains are for

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Travel India via trains and motorbikes

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:45:47 +0000

India's transport sees the old alongside the new, providing tourists with numerous entertaining ways to travel in bygone style.

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Model train enthusiasts converge at Greenbo lodge

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:12:04 +0000

GREENUP, Ky. — The late, great Greenup County, Ky., author Jesse Stuart once called his home area "some place for some and nowhere for many."

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Model train enthusiasts converge at Greenbo lodge