For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
So if a car's experience is so fundamentally different than riding transit, what parallel experience can we plumb for joyous attributes? I would propose we look for a model to long-distance trains and their sense of possibility and romance, not the raw sex of cars.
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Carol Pierson Holding: A Better Idea for Branding Public Transit
Bianca Chirrick, 5, left, and her sister Camila, 7, right, enjoy the model trains passing by during the Spring Open House at the Glendale Model Railroad Club in Glendale on Saturday, May 5, 2012.
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Model train club gives public a bird's-eye view
Trains of all sizes, from tiny Z-scale model trains to a full size Burlington Northern Santa Fe diesel electric engine, attracted visitors of all sizes to the Fullerton Train Station for Railroad Days 2012. This marked the return of this railroad fan event to the city after four years, caused by...
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One reason to become the owner of a small business is because you can’t bear to see a place y
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Family working on the railroad store because son has passion for trains
Members of the Sun City Center Model Railroad Club enjoy the club's open houses as much as the youngsters who visit.
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MINDEN — The dirt work was finished Monday and about two-thirds of the nearly four miles of rail has been laid in a huge loop south of the KAAPA Ethanol plant. With delivery of a locomotive expected in about six weeks, plant employees loading 96-car unit trains for shipment on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line soon will be living the dream of model train enthusiasts, but on a full-scale ...
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Levi LeCrone, 9, uses a train simulator Saturday during the Enid Train & Hobby Show and Sale at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center Pavilion. (Staff Photo by BONNIE VCULEK)
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Model train show draws in exhibitors to pavilion
Edward “Joseph” Cooper, of Maplewood, passed away March 18, 2012, at the age of 74. Joe Cooper was born Dec. 16, 1937 in Newburg. Joe married Betty Lou Hance on June 20, 1958. Joe enjoyed his Model A car, model trains, his pet dog J.R., he also loved to socialize and joke with family and friends.
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For an 8-year-old boy with an interest in building model railroad layouts, Quinn Matthews couldn’t have found himself in a better place Sunday.
The Eastwood American Legion opened its doors to the public on Sunday for a look at some of the coolest model trains you'll find anywhere.
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