Model Train Festival brings fun, thousands of people to Tacoma

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

It might be 200-odd years since George Stephenson invented the locomotive, but 10,000 people flocking to the Washington State History Museum each December prove even tablet computers and video games can’t diminish the fun of playing with model trains.

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Model Train Festival brings fun, thousands of people to Tacoma

All aboard for model train show

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

IT'S full steam ahead for the Peninsula's model railway show next weekend.

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All aboard for model train show

All aboard for model train show

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

IT'S full steam ahead for the Peninsula's model railway show next weekend.

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All aboard for model train show

All aboard for model train show

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

IT'S full steam ahead for the Peninsula's model railway show next weekend.

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Liberal Communities Join Libertarians in Firing at the Bullet Train

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- When the commuter trains rumble toward San Francisco, they pass through some of the most liberal cities ...

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Liberal Communities Join Libertarians in Firing at the Bullet Train

Super 8 train scene brings back happy memories for Spielberg

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Scenes of a train crash in Steven Spielberg's new film Super 8 are of great significance in the movie mogul's life - because the first thing he shot on camera was his model trains colliding.

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Trains, Boats, Planes… and Cyberspace

Friday, June 10th, 2011

MANILA, Philippines — Incoming DoTC Secretary Mar Roxas said that he chose this theme song, Trains & Boats & Planes  written by Burt Bacharach and sung by Dionne Warwick as it is the way our people and economy move As in the human body, that’s where the blood flows, the veins, the arteries of the body, he noted.   

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Auckland wants to own trains, not lease them

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Auckland Transport is pitching for ownership of new electric trains rather than leasing them from KiwiRail.Transport Minister Steven Joyce revealed the proposal after Herald questions about a leasing deal being negotiated in confidence.The...

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Model Train Show

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Cape Cod Model Railroad Club is hosting a Model Train Show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 1 at Cape Cod Community College.

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Model Trains Among $10 Million in Sotheby’s 27,000 Antique Toys

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

The group is part of the Jerni Collection, which includes more than 27,000 toys made between 1850 and 1940. The auction house is offering the entire collection as a single lot in a private sale estimated to bring more than $10 million. Other experts put the value much higher.

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Model Trains Among $10 Million in Sotheby’s 27,000 Antique Toys