For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
WAYNESVILLE — The Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders will set up their collection of electric Lionel model trains Friday at Fun Things Etc., 196 N. Main St. The free display will be open through Feb. 12.
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Waynesville's Fun Things Etc. hosts free model train exhibit
Hundreds of model train enthusiasts had an opportunity to view and operate elaborate layouts as well as buy and sell new and antique trains last Saturday during the annual Train Collector’s Associatio
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The volunteer group's annual open house series runs until late January in Stockertown.
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Trains to be displayed at the mall Dec. 24The San Juan Large Scale Model Railroad Club will display G Scale model trains from Monday to Dec. 24 at the Durango Mall.
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Local Briefs
Ken Burling never played with model trains as a child. Now he is surrounded by more than 30,000 pieces of railroad train hardware at his business, Burling’s Tons of Trains, 16924 E. Colony Drive.
Eight-year-old Ethan Saul has a 14-foot by 9-foot model train layout with vintage steam locomotives at home, and Friday he was in his element as he admired the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express train at the Science Museum of Virginia.
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A model-train lover's paradise
A 56-year-old Salisbury man is accused of stealing model trains from his step father and selling them at a pawn shop.
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The Sebring Model Railroad Club knows a thing or two about model trains. For starters, the group has built a 3,000-foot layout in the Sebring Station, which it owns.
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Organizers of a model train show are hoping to attract people to Leavenworth museums and downtown in general.
A Clovis couple have transformed their backyard garden into an oasis for model trains. Cal and Juanita Terrasas of Clovis have created a garden railway scene that depicts a train chugging its way through the Tehachapi mountains in their backyard on Birch Avenue.
Continue here: Clovis couple's garden railway a labor of love