For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Model trains have been a passion for Michael and Erica Heery, shown with their Old Mauch Chunk display, which has been a Jim Thorpe tourist attraction for 26 years. The display is closing on Sunday.
Coastal Mountain Railroad, a group of hobbyists from area communities, will exhibit its HO-scale model trains at the Norfolk Public Library.
BALTIMORE - An orange Union Pacific car. A maroon car from the New York Central Lines. A star-spangled Lionel bicentennial train. They once were prized possessions of one of Maryland's most beloved politicians, the late William Donald Schaefer, and now they're on display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The cantankerous former governor, comptroller and Baltimore mayor had a soft spot for model trains ...
Greenberg's Train and Toy Show will be rolling into the station at the Lancaster County Convention Center this weekend. Lancaster is just one stop for the show, which features a huge display of model trains, train collectibles, demonstrations, a train marketplace and even a train that carries passen...
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Make tracks for big model train show at Convention Center
Clickety-clack. Clickety-clack. The wheels of time roll back. As smart-looking locomotives meander through lush fields, over intricate bridges and around bustling cities, it's easy to remember when trains were more than just a fading mode of transportation. "Everybody likes trains," said Gary Schnappinger of Centreville, president of the 3-year-old Queen Anne's Railroad Society, which has 20 ...
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Model railroading still engine of interest for many
A holiday tradition that has kept alive a love for model trains will take place this weekend in Carteret County. The 17th annual John Costlow Christmas Model Train Show will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Beaufort Train Depot on Broad...
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Model train show set
When Jim Herbein was growing up in Fleetwood, he'd catch a ride on a Reading Co. steam locomotive delivering freight to his grandfather's depot, A.R. Hoffman Lumber & Coal.
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Model trains back on the track
Nick Taylor, 8, and his grandfather Lynn Merholz, of North Royalton, watch model trains at the Medina Model Railroad and Toy Show on Sunday afternoon. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY MICHELLE SPREHE)
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Love of trains knows no age
THE striking good looks of this pair have stopped bosses at a top model agency in their tracks.
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