For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Model trains have been a passion for Michael and Erica Heery, shown with their Old Mauch Chunk display, which has been a Jim Thorpe tourist attraction for 26 years. The display is closing on Sunday.
An event known as "The World's Greatest Hobby on Tour" is underway at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It is model railroading and it features a train ride for kids, model trains, seminars and... Read more at www.WISHTV.com
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Model Railroading at fairgrounds
License plates from Michigan, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia showed up last week at the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum in Richland. read more »
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Model railroad museum in Richland draws up to 10,000 guests annually
These model trains run on tracks that lead nowhere -- except in the imaginations of little boys like Isaac Henion and his brother, Jackson.
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The volunteer group's annual open house series runs until late January in Stockertown.
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SALEM - Angels and model trains will be the focus of two of the six venues for New Year's Eve Salem on Saturday.
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Angels, model trains featured at New Year’s Eve Salem
A large display created by the Bedford Central Railroad Group is encouraging children to get excited about an old hobby Is your family stuck at home with nothing to do this week? A group in Bedford wants to get your kids off the couch, and get them excited about an old hobby.
Continue here: Model trains create popular attraction at Bedford Museum
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Model fundraiser: Retired drug store owner turns to miniature trains
Once upon a time the train was the focal point of many towns, some of which owed their very existence to the railroad. The howl of a whistle announced the arrival of the train that was bringing passengers, news, mail and goods that otherwise the townspeople would do without.
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If you squint your eyes, you may feel like you're inside a snow globe at the "Enchanted Railroad" display at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. "It's so engaging, and it's a sensory stimulation," said Special Events Manager Marilyn Baysek of the display, which drew 15,000 visitors last year.
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