Newly Launched Model Trains Site Offers Guidance and Information for Enthusiasts

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

TopModelTrains.com is a newly launched website featuring guidance and information on model trains of all scales and types, and on the hobby itself.Middletown, NY (PRWEB) April 03, 2012 TopModelTrains.com is a newly launched hobby website featuring guidance and information on model trains and the model railroading hobby.Collecting model trains is an enjoyable pastime for many. Whether the ...

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Cumberland 4-H offering Model Trains Club

Monday, February 27th, 2012

DEERFIELD TWP. — Do you like trains? Do you have a model train? Would you like to learn about model trains?

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Planes, trains and automobiles: hobby for resident Paul Conner

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

When Cutler Bay resident Paul Conner retired at age 56 after a career as a CPA for Price Waterhouse, his longtime interest in model trains, toy cars and planes saved him from boredom and became something of a second career.

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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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