For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Calling all train enthusiasts! The stage is set. The tracks are laid and coordinators are putting on the finishing touches for the 22nd annual Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet to be held Saturday, Feb. 27, and Sunday, Feb. 28, in Lena.
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Depot Stove Gang show kicks off (The Journal-Standard)
THE term ‘model railway enthusiast’ may invoke a particular stereotype, but as an exhibition in Wylam proved on Saturday, engine fever crosses social boundaries.
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Steam age travel makes a triumphant return to Wylam (The Hexham Courant)
World-Herald News Service OMAHA - Warren Buffett has an elaborate model train set up on the third floor of his home, the fulfillment of a boyhood dream inspired by the 1940s Christmas displays at Brandeis department store.
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Buffett's Berkshire to buy BNSF Railway (North Platte Telegraph)
The North Platte Telegraph The White Swan Group, located in Delavan, Wis., has designed the commemorative medallions for Rail Fest for the past three years. This year is the first time owner/president Tom McQueen has made the trip to North Platte to take part in the three-day event.
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Visitor: 'Sense of the community is just wonderful' (North Platte Telegraph)
The North Platte Telegraph As Rail Fest continues to grow and draw worldwide attention from railroad enthusiasts, so do all of the individual activities. This year's Model Train Expo is three times larger than last year's and is expected to grow, according to Original Town Association's Bernie McNulty, who organized this year's expo.
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Little trains, big show (North Platte Telegraph)
The North Platte Telegraph Make way Union Pacific, there's a new railroad in town. Work on the Flat Rock & Western Railroad is nearing completion, in one local man's backyard.
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Working on the (smaller) railroad (North Platte Telegraph)
The Fostoria Rail Preservation Society will host the Fostoria Rail Festival Saturday, Sept. 19 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Festival to promote Fostoria's rail history (WTOL 11 Toledo)
The North Platte Telegraph Representatives from Bowser Manufacturing in Montoursville, Pa., will return to North Platte for the 2009 Rail Fest Celebration on Sept. 18-20 to participate in the model train expo at the D&N Event Center.
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PITTSFIELD – Crawling through mud beneath strands of barbed wire might sound hellish for most, but for the 54 participants of the Death Race, it's a true test of physical stamina and inner determination. ... - By JOSH O'GORMAN STAFF WRITER
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Race may be the ultimate endurance test (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
Previously American Red Cross shelters in Teller County didn’t have contracts or had let them lapse. That has changed since the last time Red Cross officials came to a Teller County Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting.
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Red Cross shelters ready to help (Pikes Peak Courier View)