For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Fourteen-year-old Henry Bordeaux is decades younger than most of the other members of the San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association, but he was capturing the attention of those around him Saturday at Model Railroad Days in Oceano with his knowledge and passion for the craft.
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Model trains draw crowd
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn has said it will pump over 40 billion euros ($51.5 billion) into operations over the next four years, which marks the largest investment in the company's history.
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German rail operator Deutsche Bahn plans record investment
Gus Gunter, 10, of Great Falls, Mont., left, greets Thomas the Tank Engine as it blows its horn during the Day Out With Thomas: The Celebration Tour 2010 on Friday afternoon at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum.
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Tootin' Thomas
Herman Helle A scene from Kamp Recreatingif that is the right wordthe daily routine of mass murder at Auschwitz with miniature puppets made of plasticine may not seem a promising enterprise. However artfully done, it could make what actually happened look trivial, like a kind of game. And yet Kamp , staged at St. Anns Warehouse in Brooklyn in the first week of June, by a Dutch group called ...
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Holocaust on Stage
Three-year-old train-lover Sebastian Infante couldnt get enough of the retired caboose parked at the Guadalupe Amtrak platform Saturday. He climbed up and down the steps leading to a small rooftop cupola, where crew members would perch to watch the train.
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Naked, without its logo 1. "Daddy, what's a brand?" Chiquita, Victoria's Secret, The GOP, Amnesty International. They all use marketing and invite trust in a distinct belief system. They're all, to one degree or another, brands. For a brand, nirvana is when your good name is so widely endorsed that it enters the language. "Pass the Kleenex." "Google it." But that's the top of a long and slippery ...
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Daddy, Whats a Brand? and 9 More Awkward Questions for Uncertain Times
New model trail layouts will be featured when the third annual Model Railroad Day steams into the historical Oceano Depot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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New layouts will be featured (The Times Press Recorder)
Model train layouts unveiled and operated for the first time in public were a hit at Sunday’s second “Model Railroad Day” at the Oceano Depot.
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Second annual ‘Model Railroad Day' brings out the enthusiasts