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Canada’s biggest model railway will be dismantled

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:07:22 +0000

More than 300 people have participated over the years, devoting thousands of hours to building life-like models across a 1,493-metre masterpiece.

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Train hobby brings three seniors together

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:00:32 +0000

When Jim Saxman was young, his mother would take him down to the railroad tracks because it was one of the only things that would settle him down.

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Scale-model trains rolling this weekend

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:38:50 +0000

KARI HELTON / The Valley Chronicle ALL ABOARD!: Phil Carlyle, left, and Wally Clark look over a scale-model-train display the Hemet-San Jacinto Railroad Club was setting up Wednesday. Clark said he wants to keep trains, once vital to transportation, alive.

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Model rail museum opens: Layout depicts Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

Thu, 13 May 2010 14:04:51 +0000

STERLING Trains traversing the rolling hills of West Virginia. New River Railroad Museum visitors have witnessed that scene for more than 10 years. Im just fascinated. This is a lot of fun. This touches a lot of people, museum creator Doug Brandau said.

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Practical clothes vs crazy ones (Straits Times)

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:05:39 +0000

PARIS - SOBER workaday chic and theatrical extravagance battled for the hearts and minds of the fashion glitteratti on Sunday, day five of Paris' marathon fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays. Celine designer Phoebe Philo - a critical darling whose return to fashion after a yearslong hiatus was the event of last season - delivered a collection of sharp, clean-lined work staples for ...

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All aboard! Model train display transports man back to his youth (The Day)

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:35:16 +0000

Stonington - When Mike Guarraia was growing up in

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Countdown to the Mount Victoria Festival (Lithgow Mercury)

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:41:25 +0000

Mt Victoria’s biggest annual village promotion, the very popular Great Train Weekend, will be held again this year on May 30 and 31.

Litchfield: A thousand hidden treasures (Morning Times)

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:51:17 +0000

Most people who aren’t 10 years old or dedicated hobbyists don’t get too excited about model trains, and Bob Bertany knows it.

Model Railroad Club Open House Nov. 29 (Yankton Press & Dakotan)

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:52:14 +0000

The public is invited to visit the Missouri Valley Model Railroad Club’s Open House to be held on Saturday, Nov. 29. This event will be held at the club’s facilities located in the basement of the old J C Penney building located at Third and Cedar streets on the southeast corner. The open house will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4:00 p.m.

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