For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
He coughs, he talks and if you get too close you might wear his lunch. Meet SimMan, anything but your average mannequin.
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Mannequin trains staff at Washington County Hospital
The sounds of steam whistles, the clickty-clack of steel wheels on rails and the smell of coal smoke will be just part of the centennial celebration of railroading in West Virginia.
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Rails festival scheduled June 25-27
Nowadays, you can drive from Baltimore to Cumberland in 2 1/2 hours — less if you have a lead foot.
Continue here: Looking Back 1901: Baltimore to Cumberland, the hard way (Cumberland Times-News)
Reid Smith and Zoe Welsch watch the model trains on display inside City Place Saturday during the annual Frostburg Storybook Holiday.
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'Round the bend (Cumberland Times-News)
Though it may not be what he once worked on at the World’s Fair in New York in 1940, Bob Green said he’s impressed with the Maryland/West Virginia Model Railroad Association’s model railroad display.
More here: All aboard (Cumberland Times-News)
Santa will be taking the train from the North Pole to Baltimore and arriving at the B and O Railroad Museum’s famed 1884 Baldwin Roundhouse on Friday at 10:30 a.m. to kick off this year’s Holiday Festival of Trains and will greet visitors throughout the day.
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Santa taking part in Holiday Festival of Trains this weekend (Cumberland Times-News)
Entering the historic Greenup Depot, the scene is warm and quiet. But by listening closely, the sounds of trains long ago can still be heard.