For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Back by popular demand, the March Break CPR Model Train Exhibit and Historic Blacksmithing is returning to the Champlain Trail Museum From Sunday, March 13 to Saturday March 19, the Valley Lines Model Train Club will be presenting a CPR Model Train Exhibit in the Founders Hall of the Champlain
Model railroading has been around for decades, but finding a shiny new train set under the Christmas tree hasn't lost its sparkle, says the Soo Model Railroad Club's chief engineer.
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Model trains still on track
Model train enthusiasts are mourning the loss of one of their friends and colleagues.
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Tributes to locomotive enthusiast from model railway club
There is big news for owners of the area's smallest trains. After a few months of homelessness, the Belleville Model Railroad Club is moving to the Bay View Mall.
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The Belleville Model Railroad Club is homeless but members say they're hopeful a new clubhouse can be established. "We're optimistic but we're afraid that if we don't get something soon that we're going to start falling apart," vice-president Paul Martel said.
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Construction means modellers homeless
Despite heroic rescue efforts by neighbours and firefighters, a 56-year-old Seeleys Bay man died in a weekend house fire on the village's main street. Clifford Smith was alone at 167 Main St. when neighbours reported smoke billowing out of the bungalow at around 4 p.m.
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Man dies in fire
One Lakeland resident has managed to fit his fondness of model trains and a lifetime of travel into one interesting hobby and his garage.
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Model train enthusiast preserves memories from his travels
It is a hobby which, once you start to go down that track, never releases its hold on you. Collecting and running model trains has been a pastime which has been around as long as there have been railways operating, and a local club has been involved in it for years.
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Enthusiasts share their passion in special display at museum (Pembroke Daily Observer)
The Niagara Railway Museum has an ever-expanding collection of railway artifacts. To see its steam locomotive, however, you have to travel to Orillia. Viewing another locomotive involves a trip to Capreol, near Sudbury.
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Trains aren't the common sight they once were, but perhaps that adds to the curiosity that surrounds them, whether it's the real deal or miniature versions.
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Models keep chugging along (Barrie Examiner)