For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
(from left) Keegan Gresham, 4, of Bloomington and Gus Ulrich, 3, of Brimfield gaze in wonder at model monorail Sunday during the Peoria Train Fair at Illinois Central College in Peoria.
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Enthusiasts young and old share a devotion to scale-model rails
Aidan Moore, 11, and his sister, Sara, 8, admire his train display at Saturday's Winter Train Show and Swap Meet hosted by the Payne County Model Railroad Club. It was Aidan's first time presenting a display at the show since he started attending the event when he was 4.
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Stillwater child's love for model trains comes full circle at Payne County show
Missourian Photo. A museum-quality model train layout is currently under construction at Iron Horse Trains, 11 W. Main St. in Downtown Washington. The finished layout will be complete with six levels of track for HO scale trains.
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Model Train Museum Now Open in Former Hobby Shop
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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John Zach had model trains as a kid, but he didn’t really start getting into the hobby until one Christmas in the mid 1970s. "I said, ‘Oh, I still have trains. Let’s put them under the Christmas tree,’ ” Zach, 62, a tax preparer, said on Thursday. “It’s been downhill ever since.” Downhill and uphill, at least for the trains. Zach has been building a miniature replica of the Sierra Railroad with ...
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Twain Harte man recreates rail history
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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Mall railroad reaches end of tracks
The volunteer group's annual open house series runs until late January in Stockertown.
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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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Trains took over a local car dealership Saturday in Green Bay.
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