Railroad Days pulls into Fullerton Station

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Trains of all sizes, from tiny Z-scale model trains to a full size Burlington Northern Santa Fe diesel electric engine, attracted visitors of all sizes to the Fullerton Train Station for Railroad Days 2012. This marked the return of this railroad fan event to the city after four years, caused by...

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Weekend model trains in Tyler

Monday, April 30th, 2012

The Cotton Belt Depot Museum held their annual model railroading show at the harvey convention center in Tyler Sunday, raising money to keep their doors open to the public. YouTube Video:  No YouTube read more

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Pakenham: Model trains stolen from shed

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary at a property where 24 pieces of valuable model train equipment was stolen.

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Model train show in Lena draws many people

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Lovers of model trains converge in Lena for an exhibition of their favorite toys.

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Miniature trains, big impact at Pa. museum

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

STRASBURG, Pa. (AP) - During the heyday of passenger rail service, nothing surpassed Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited.

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VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) With the 2011 Jetta update, Volkswagen made some compromises to get the price low, but the GLI restores handling and power to this otherwise humble model. Significant additions to the Jetta GLI are a multilink rear suspension and rear disc brakes. The most important part of the package is one of the best power trains available today, Volkswagen's TFSI 2-liter ...

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Ex-Playboy mum trains 16-year-old daughter to be topless model

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

A former Playboy pin-up is so keen for her 16-year-old daughter to follow in her footsteps she is training her to become a topless model.

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Model trains delight at Cal Expo show

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Spyro Avdis, 3, got a kick out of a passing model train at the Great Train Expo at Cal Expo on Satur

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Popular display of model trains reaches end of the line

Friday, January 13th, 2012

A favorite train display with a lot of history will soon close its doors.  After 26 years, The Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., will be packed up on Sunday. "We've been open year-round for 26-and-a-half years. We opened August 22, 1985," said Michael Heery, whose family owns the display. Before that, Heery said, it took one family nearly 50 years to collect the ...

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Model railroad enthusiasts are set for Paris show this weekend

Friday, January 13th, 2012

When you drive up to Stuart Taylor’s house and see a light shining in the basement window, you can bet the imagination is at work.

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