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.
MISSOULA - Collectors and admirers, young and old, gathered in Big Sky High School to check out the 32nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet. The Missoula Model Railroad Club presented the event that allowed vendors to pack in, show off their merchandise and display a variety of working model trains.
ANTIOCH — Technology and entertainment options move forward at light speed these days, but old-fashioned model trains keep chugging along as a holiday tradition despite that competition. “Christmas and the holiday season is a time when families get together, and model trains bring families together. It’s something they can do …
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Small Business Saturday: Antioch shop on track with toy train comeback
When Bob Grimsley was 14, his 5-year-old brother destroyed his model train set. Or maybe Grimsley just blames his younger brother for his current obsession with model trains.
Continue here: Railroad Historical Society’s model exhibit still popular at the fair
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission still does not have an operating agreement to get recreational passenger service running on the 32-mile branch line that runs the length of the county.
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Rail Update: Not Done Yet
LAKEPORT, Calif. – There was a time when names such as Empire Builder, Coast Daylight and City of New Orleans prompted images of luxurious hotels on wheels. Those were the days when the railroads ruled and massive steam locomotives were king.
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Trains still king at Lake County Fair
Photo by Rick EpsteinDELIGHTFUL ANIMALS like Woody, a month-old alpaca, are on display at the Somerset County 4-H Fair in North Branch Park in Bridgewater. Giving him a lift is Kayla Farber of Bridgewater, a junior leader of the Criations...
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Somerset County 4-H Fair in Bridgewater runs through tomorrow (Photo Gallery)
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BEST BETS: East County weekend
A few years ago, I chatted with European friends about our daily commutes. I learned that Udo, in Hamburg, and his brother Dieter in Munich, Germany, as well as Curt in Stockholm, Sweden, and I, took nearly the same amount of time and spent about the...
In a room full of model trains, Jim Agnew and the Gateway Garden Railroad Club had one of the biggest.
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Great Train Expo makes first stop in Belleville