For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
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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Like trains moving from station to station, Bill Bryden has learned that one volunteer opportunity leads to another, and then another.
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He's helped with model trains and real buses
Peter Upton, 11, of Yankton studies the detailed landscape laid out for the model train displays at the Missouri Valley Model Railroad Club’s exhibit, which began Friday at the club’s headquarters at 221 West Third St. Several model trains operated simultaneously, with hundreds of cars riding the rails. The exhibit continues from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today (Saturday). (Kelly Hertz/P&D)
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Boise's Rocky Mountain Hi-Railers will give residents a look at their award-winning portable mo
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Local model railroad display goes to national train show; but you can see it first
Marcus Pettus, a second-grader at Harvard Park Elementary School, doesnt lack curiosity. He recently filled out a reading inventory of subjects that interest him and checked 13 of 16 available topics, including sports, games, music, insects, trains , the circus, jokes, cooking, computers, art and outer space.
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Two big dioramas featuring tiny trains are on display during the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous -- and they're getting a lot more traffic than the depot at the airport. Both are free, though donations are accepted.
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When Arroyo Grande resident Curtis Reinhardt was a boy, trains held a fascination shared by the entire family. Every Thanksgiving, he helped his father and grandfather assemble an HO scale model train. And “on Christmas morning, you wouldn’t go see what presents were under the tree,” he recalled.
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Derrick Crawford sets up his model railroad for neighbors during the holidays.
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Serrano Intermediate eighth-graders win best presentation.
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