World of model trains and tiny treasures comes to Pasco

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

By Robert Napper, Times Correspondent Saturday, February 4, 2012 These poker players are among the many precise details at the new Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling, a recently renovated 7,800-square-foot facility in Odessa. ODESSA — It is a behemoth in the modular train business. When it's pieced together, the Sundance Central Modular Railroad village spans 45 feet by 20 feet, with 235 ...

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Model train show draws in thousands to Thanksgiving Point

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

A small city moved into Thanksgiving Point on Friday -- literally.

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Model Trains Chug Into Gateway Mall

Monday, December 5th, 2011

By Jessica Debbas SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Christmas time brings out the toys and so did one model train club in Springfield this weekend. About 80-feet of miniature trains made their way through hand-made villages set up at the Gateway Mall. "N" scale is one of the main scales of model railroading, but it's much smaller than a lot of versions many people grew up with. Model train engineers say it's ...

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Model trains arrive at civic center

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Shane Barton, 5, left, of New Fairfield, their grandmother Joan Downey of Oxford and brother Aidan, 8, look at Joel's Trainville Hobby Depot N-Scale at the Westchester Model Railroad Club's Fall Train Meet at Eastern Greenwich Civic Center Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011.

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All aboard the model train extravaganza

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Train modelers of all ages are all aboard the Model Railroad Extravaganza this weekend at the Wilmington Railroad Museum. Organizers geared this year's event more toward kids in an effort to keep the love for model trains alive for future generations. Little ones and teens can participate in challenges around the model tracks to earn an engineer certificate. Model ...

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The devil is the details: A report on model trains by a guy who doesn’t know enough about them.

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Whew! That's a long title. Anyway on with the story. I have a routine at night with my 5 year old. Right before he goes to sleep at night we watch Thomas the train. I like the show not just because it makes my little one sleepy. I like the show because of the model trains. I love model trains. To me they are a work of art, even old Thomas (pictured above) is amazing to look at. The funny thing ...

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Model trains come to life in Turlock

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

Volunteers made tracks this week at the Stanislaus County Fairground in Turlock in preparation for the 36th annual Model Train Show this weekend.

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Train show draws fans

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Alex Raybin, 5, of Greenwich, watches model trains go around a track at the Westchester Model Railroad Club's Fall Train Meet, at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010.

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Thursday, November 25th, 2010

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iTrainCollect.com: An Online Community and Blog About Collecting Toy Trains

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

iTrainCollect.com has transformed into an online community and added new blog posts about topics like the different scales of model trains, Bachmann model trains, and G scale model trains. (PRWeb October 31, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4724454.htm

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