For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Model trains have been a passion for Michael and Erica Heery, shown with their Old Mauch Chunk display, which has been a Jim Thorpe tourist attraction for 26 years. The display is closing on Sunday.
New model railroad exhibit building opens to the public at Scottsdale's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park.
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McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale opens new model-train room
Kittanning resident and Armstrong Habitat for Humanity volunteer, Michael Luke, is sharing his love of trains with a large display that continues from 6 to 9 p.m. today, takes a break for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, then resumes Sunday through Dec. 30, at the former Christian bookstore, adjacent to Family Dollar, on Jefferson Street, Kittanning.
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Train enthusiasts, children and railroad history buffs attended Railfest at an Upper Southampton church on Saturday.
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Both prospects face daunting challenges, however.
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The model train display that draws thousands of people to Union Station between Thanksgiving and January will soon become a permanent part of the KC Rail Experience museum. “People have been asking for so many years how they can see the trains year-round,” said Lori Glazer, Union Station’s director of sales and customer service. “We decided to make it happen.”
The model train display that draws thousands of people to Union Station between Thanksgiving and January will soon become a permanent part of the KC Rail Experience museum. People have been asking for so many years how they can see the trains year-round, said Lori Glazer, Union Stations director of sales and customer service. We decided to make it happen.
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Popular model train display to become permanent part of museum at Union Station
It's fair to say that, if not for the railroad, Kingman as we know it would not exist. Though it was incorporated in 1952, the city actually began life 70 years earlier as a stop along the newly laid tracks, and even its name comes from a railroad surveyor, Lewis Kingman.
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Kingman railroad group seeks museum site (The Arizona Republic)
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