Here come the trains

Friday, February 10th, 2012

For the first time in about half a century, trains will come chugging down the iron rails in west Pasco County.

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Model Train Museum Now Open in Former Hobby Shop

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Missourian Photo. A museum-quality model train layout is currently under construction at Iron Horse Trains, 11 W. Main St. in Downtown Washington. The finished layout will be complete with six levels of track for HO scale trains.

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Model train showcase to launch this weekend

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

For the first time in about half a century, trains will come chugging down the iron rails in West Pasco. These trains, however, will clickety-clack down the tracks of elaborate model railroad displays the Sundance Central group has created at the new Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling.

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Corruption, broken trains, floods in the city: This is Singapore?

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial district. It may sound like the Philippines or perhaps Indonesia, but this is Singapore.

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Auctions: Philadelphia-area auctions offer trains and metal memorabilia

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Three sales next week will offer items appealing to the metallurgically minded: a gold presentation trophy; a collection of brass model railroad trains, and advertising signs made of tin. Off to the smelters.

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Trains and toilet training put the spring in Stewart's step

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Rod Stewart and his luxuriant blonde bouffant, which has been in vogue for more than half a century, set foot in a radio studio for the first time in 10 years this morning.

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Big E hosts Railroad Hobby Show

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Model railroad trains have rolled into the big E expo center.

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Conducting magic

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

As the foot-long model train engine chugged around the tracks Saturday, making its way through an idyllic miniature town and blowing a horn, Mo Clark tried to decide which of her boys was most mesmerized: 5-year-old Colin, 7-year-old Aidan — or 41-year-old Wayne, Clark’s husband. “There’s something about boys and …

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Large-scale model train hobbyists are on the same track

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree. While most of those train sets have been long-since put away, some Southern Illinoisans' fondness for model railroading has grown, both in levels of interest and in the size of their trains.

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Model trains on display at Valley River Center

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

It's a childhood dream come true this weekend at Valley River Center.

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