For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Employees of the Vernon County Ambulance District take a newly-acquired rescue boat and motor out for a training session on Walton Lake in Nevada on Saturday. The 2011 model inflatable boat is made by Mercury and is 14.1 feet long and has a six foot beam.
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VCAD trains with new boat
A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in a fiery wreck, officials said.
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Trains collide in south India, killing 15
The Lompoc HO Model Railroad Club is in the process of completing a new 1,500-foot track layout which features scenery of what Lompoc looked like more than 50 years ago.
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Model railroad steams back to 1960
Like other oil companies, Shell relies heavily on helicopters to transport its crews and contractors to offshore oil platforms. While most helicopter flights go smoothly, Shell is investing big in training and equipment to reduce the chance of disaster and boost the odds of survival in a crash over the cold, open sea.
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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
Model trains are timeless.
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Model Train Show Transcends Age
GALVESTON When Steve Townley got his first look at the Galveston Model Railroad Club and Museum one thought entered his mind.
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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Farmpark in Kirtland presents "Railroads in the Parks" Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Highlights include model trains, a railroad-themed play area, activities, historical exhibits and more. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for visitors 60 and over, and $4 for children 2-11. Children under 2 and Farmpark members are free. In addition, all Lake County residents enjoy free entry with ...
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Farmpark features rail fun all weekend