Pakenham: Model trains stolen from shed

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary at a property where 24 pieces of valuable model train equipment was stolen.

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Trains and toilet training put the spring in Stewart's step

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Rod Stewart and his luxuriant blonde bouffant, which has been in vogue for more than half a century, set foot in a radio studio for the first time in 10 years this morning.

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Model trains create popular attraction at Bedford Museum

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

A large display created by the Bedford Central Railroad Group is encouraging children to get excited about an old hobby Is your family stuck at home with nothing to do this week? A group in Bedford wants to get your kids off the couch, and get them excited about an old hobby.

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Mini model train display in Arundel chugs through the ages

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

The Severna Park Model RR Club, now 47, to open its doors to lovers of HO model trains His father always set up an elaborate network of Lionel model trains late on Dec. 24, so when Frank Winner and his little brother, Jim, got up Christmas mornings, they'd find the living room of the small family home filled with moving cars, blowing whistles and flashing lights.

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Mini model train display chugs along

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

The Severna Park Model RR Club, now 47, to open its doors to lovers of HO model trains Frank Winner, vice-president of the Severna Park Model Railroad Club, watches a train travel across a railroad bridge. This weekend, as area firehouses, malls and museums are unveiling their traditional holiday train setups, Winner's club will be doing something it has done twice a year for more than 40 years ...

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Family runs model trains for charity

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Train garden consumes Thanksgiving week Model trains, not turkey, top the Thanksgiving menu for the Schumm family of Harford County. They have, for the past nine years, forgone the traditional dinner so they can treat thousands of others to a visual feast at the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Festival of Trees, which opens Friday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

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Family forgoes Thanksgiving to run model trains for charity

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Train garden consumes Thanksgiving week Model trains, not turkey, top the Thanksgiving menu for the Schumm family of Harford County.

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More train displays in the region

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

• America on Wheels: Model trains in O and G scale and Lego layout by the group PennLUG fill the galleries of the Allentown transportation museum Nov. 25-Dec. 29. Support Toys for Tots by donating a new, unwrapped toy and placing it on the Mack truck in the lobby driven by Santa. Hours:10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $10; $3.50, ages 11-16; free,10 ...

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£1,000 worth of model trains taken

Monday, October 24th, 2011

A DOZEN model trains worth £1,000 were stolen in a burglary of a garage in Southampton.

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Model of a modern trainspotter

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

The former deputy PM has delivered a bold manifesto for transport - in Australia and across the world, writes Andrew West.

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