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VCAD trains with new boat

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:00:47 +0000

Employees of the Vernon County Ambulance District take a newly-acquired rescue boat and motor out for a training session on Walton Lake in Nevada on Saturday. The 2011 model inflatable boat is made by Mercury and is 14.1 feet long and has a six foot beam.

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Model railroad steams back to 1960

Sun, 13 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

The Lompoc HO Model Railroad Club is in the process of completing a new 1,500-foot track layout which features scenery of what Lompoc looked like more than 50 years ago.

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Carol Pierson Holding: A Better Idea for Branding Public Transit

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:56:18 +0000

So if a car's experience is so fundamentally different than riding transit, what parallel experience can we plumb for joyous attributes? I would propose we look for a model to long-distance trains and their sense of possibility and romance, not the raw sex of cars.

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A model group of train lovers

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:46:33 +0000

Bill Payne says the Nottawasaga Model Railway (NMR) Annual Auction offers collectors and hobby enthusiasts an opportunity expand their projects.

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Model train club gives public a bird's-eye view

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:58:36 +0000

Bianca Chirrick, 5, left, and her sister Camila, 7, right, enjoy the model trains passing by during the Spring Open House at the Glendale Model Railroad Club in Glendale on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

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Model Train Show Transcends Age

Sun, 06 May 2012 23:29:59 +0000

Model trains are timeless.

Railroad Days pulls into Fullerton Station

Sat, 05 May 2012 21:20:40 +0000

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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Farmpark features rail fun all weekend

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:49:47 +0000

Farmpark in Kirtland presents "Railroads in the Parks" Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Highlights include model trains, a railroad-themed play area, activities, historical exhibits and more. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for visitors 60 and over, and $4 for children 2-11. Children under 2 and Farmpark members are free. In addition, all Lake County residents enjoy free entry with ...

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Lake Metroparks Farmpark's to host annual Railroads in the Parks event

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:50:05 +0000

The event is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lake Metroparks Farmpark, 8800 Euclid Chardon Road, Kirtland. Farmpark admission is $4 for ages 2 to 11, $5 for ages 60 and over and $6 for ages 12 to 59. Children younger than 2 are free.

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Model railroad chugs into town

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:21:53 +0000

A model train runs around a track at Fremont Public Library. (Heather Holm) North Central O Gaugers, a model railroad club based at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein, presented a circus/carnival-themed model railroad display Saturday at the Wauconda Area Public Library.

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