Model Train Museum Now Open in Former Hobby Shop

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Missourian Photo. A museum-quality model train layout is currently under construction at Iron Horse Trains, 11 W. Main St. in Downtown Washington. The finished layout will be complete with six levels of track for HO scale trains.

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Auctions: Trains and dolls for the yuletide

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Stephenson's is wooing holiday shoppers Friday with a sale at its Southampton gallery of toys - at highly affordable prices - featuring that most appealing of decorations for the Christmas tree, toy trains to run under it.

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Railfest unites train enthusiasts of all ages

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Outfitted in a blue-striped railroad engineer's hat and Thomas the Tank Engine-themed shirt and pants, Billy Danhardt, 4, peered up at the model trains chugging by on miniature tracks, his eyes shinin

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Enthusiasts look to start modeling club

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

KAPA‘A — An exhibition of model cars will be held all day this Saturday at Beachrail hobby shop in Nawiliwili.

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Organization Notes: Sept. 17

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

See model trains in action Sunday in Burlington

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Hobby of a lifetime: Charleston resident’s love of trains leads to extensive model collection

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Memories ride the rails of the HO gauge model train layout in a room of Jerry McRoberts' Charleston home that was specially built for what has been a hobby of a lifetime.

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Railroad Heritage Days a family heritage for some

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

Maybe it’s in the blood. The thrill at the cry of the train whistle rising and falling. The excitement born of the bell clanging and the chug-chug of wheel on rail. Brady Haugh, 4, of Waynesboro, Pa., gazed upon a Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum model-train display Saturday at Railroad Heritage Days. “Both of his great-grandfathers were into trains. They would be happy to see this,” said Brady’s ...

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Organization Notes: April 16

Friday, April 15th, 2011

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Enthusiasts gather for 10th annual Lawrence Model Railroad Club Train Show

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

The trains chug by a Ford factory, through a mountain, past “Gretchen’s Grains,” and by a railroad town complete with a general store and a “Ma’s Place” diner. But it’s easy to miss a few of the somewhat hidden details on the tracks at Saturday’s 10th annual Lawrence Model Railroad Club Train Show.

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See model trains in action Sunday in Burlington

Friday, February 18th, 2011

BURLINGTON — The Wisconsin Central LTD Model Railroad Society Inc. invites the public to its model train operation sessions from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the City Hall Building, 300 N. Pine St. (use rear entrance off alley). 

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