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Model train showcase to launch this weekend

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:08:53 +0000

For the first time in about half a century, trains will come chugging down the iron rails in West Pasco. These trains, however, will clickety-clack down the tracks of elaborate model railroad displays the Sundance Central group has created at the new Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling.

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Corruption, broken trains, floods in the city: This is Singapore?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:19:35 +0000

Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial district. It may sound like the Philippines or perhaps Indonesia, but this is Singapore.

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Waynesville's Fun Things Etc. hosts free model train exhibit

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:14:14 +0000

WAYNESVILLE — The Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders will set up their collection of electric Lionel model trains Friday at Fun Things Etc., 196 N. Main St. The free display will be open through Feb. 12.

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Big E hosts Railroad Hobby Show

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:03:18 +0000

Model railroad trains have rolled into the big E expo center.

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Model trains on display at Valley River Center

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:58:29 +0000

It's a childhood dream come true this weekend at Valley River Center.

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Model trains entertain all ages

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:27:12 +0000

Hundreds of model train enthusiasts had an opportunity to view and operate elaborate layouts as well as buy and sell new and antique trains last Saturday during the annual Train Collector’s Associatio

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Popular display of model trains reaches end of the line

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:54:06 +0000

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 ...

Organization Notes: Jan. 14

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:11:06 +0000

See model trains in action Sunday at Burlington City Hall

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Next stop: Richland!

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:18:08 +0000

Train lovers check out the HO scale model train set at the Patcong Valley Model Railroad Club in Richland during an open house Sunday. / Staff photo/Cody Glenn

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Tiny boats are huge on detail

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:04:06 +0000

Wittman, Md., native John Into has been working on model boats for 50 years.

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