Go & Do: Nov. 12 (Bradenton Herald)
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For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
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The Gulf Coast Model Railroad at Shell Point Retirement Community in south Fort Myers will re-open Friday after the summer hiatus to complete...
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Shell Point model railroad reopens for visitors Friday (The News-Press)
Train buffs can now celebrate a very big anniversary for the Long Island Rail Road in a very small way, as renowned model train maker Lionel releases a scale replica of an LIRR train. The 1/48 scale model of the LIRR's M7 trains, in the traditional O gauge, commemorates the railroad's 175th anniversary this year. During the last several weeks, Lionel began shipping the train sets to hobby shops ...
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Lionel's new model celebrates LIRR's 175th anniversary (Newsday)
Above the town of Oro Valley is an open area designated as a wildlife corridor, allowing native animals to move with relative ease between the Catalina and the Tortolita Mountains.
The state is the model for a compromise with U.S. carmakers and the federal government to curb greenhouse gases. The Obama administration plans to announce on Tuesday that it will set national restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, in what environmentalists are hailing as a major step.
Continue here: Obama to clamp down on cars (Newsday)
They met halfway around the world on a former Soviet Union air base in Kyrgyzstan before moving to Brainerd to start a thriving business that literally works on planes, trains and automobiles.
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Planes, trains and automobiles (Brainerd Dispatch)
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Weekend: Guided tour at Custer Institute (Newsday)
Roosevelt Hendricks Jr. always strived to do the right thing.
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R. Hendricks Jr., former Freeport cop, dead at 74 (Newsday)