For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
OGDEN — The eyes of adults and children followed the trains weaving their way through intricate model layouts of countryside, construction sites and metropolitan areas. The 23rd annual Hostlers Model Railroad Festival was full steam ahead. read more
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Model trains, Lego layout, tiny ride at fest mesmerizes kids
Petaluma was a mecca Saturday for hobbyists who have made building tiny trains, warships and other models into an art form, and are trying to widen their audience.
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Model-making mecca in Petaluma
PAMELA WOOD The Capital of Annapolis BALTIMORE An orange Union Pacific car. A maroon car from the New York Central Lines. A star-spangled Lionel bicentennial train. They once were prized possessions of one of Maryland's most beloved politicians, the late William Donald Schaefer, and now they're on display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The cantankerous former governor, comptroller and Baltimore ...
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Md. governor's trains on display at museum
The annual Seasons Greenings display at the U.S. Botanic Garden featuring model trains running around miniature buildings in the garden greenhouses opens Thanksgiving Day and runs through Jan. 2. This year, it features new exhibits on the homes of presidents and animals, plus live music Tuesday and Thursday nights. Shimizu, the USBG's executive director, explains the festive display. How long ...
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THE 3-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Holly Shimizu
Inside a room of the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Sunday morning, train whistles blew and children cheered as model trains barrelled around handmade tracks. In another room, families crowded around vendors’ stands, eager to purchase their own model train sets.
Continue here: Railroad Club Train Show and Sale attracts large family audience
MISSOULA - Collectors and admirers, young and old, gathered in Big Sky High School to check out the 32nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet. The Missoula Model Railroad Club presented the event that allowed vendors to pack in, show off their merchandise and display a variety of working model trains.
BONNIE CLARK Mattoon Journal-Gazette CHARLESTON, Ill. Memories ride the rails of the HO gauge model train layout in a room of Jerry McRoberts' Charleston home that was specially built for what has been a hobby of a lifetime. "I've been building models since I was a kid," the retired Eastern Illinois University professor said. And since he was a kid, his life has revolved in some manner around ...
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SPOTLIGHT: Collection shows love of trains
The hobby train enthusiasts at Train Expo Colorado (TECO) welcome visitors to a Christmas train show for train lovers of all ages.
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Christmas train show in Castle Rock
Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a series on home school and its popularity throughout the region and the state. Colorado leads the United States in the percentage of home-schooled children.
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