Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Richard J. Ryan, a railroad enthusiast and model train hobbyist who worked 30 years as a machine and equipment mechanic for Western Electric, died Monday in the Center for Hospice&Palliative Care, Cheektowaga. He was 84.
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Richard J. Ryan, mechanic, model train hobbyist
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
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
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
BRIDGETON — An iconic plastic model kit company is ready to re-assemble its product line.
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Friday, April 20th, 2012
Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship. The ladies are everywhere at the Atria Woodbridge senior living community in Irvine: It is the ladies who fill the dining hall, the ladies who while away the afternoon chatting and doing crossword ...
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In retirees' Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Victoria's Secret models are "rarer than the world's top-performing" athletes.
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Victoria's Secret models a rare breed
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
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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Sunday, April 15th, 2012
The 10th Annual Model Railroad Show features Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15, at First Presbyterian Church, 1225 Fourth St., Fond du Lac. On Sunday the show runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church. Photos taken on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
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PHOTOS: Trains, trains and more trains
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
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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Efficiency prompts big, pricey changes at KAAPA Ethanol
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
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
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
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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