For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
About 5,000 unionized Canadian Pacific railway workers went on strike just after midnight Wednesday after negotiators were unable to reach a contract agreement with the employer.
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Bill Payne says the Nottawasaga Model Railway (NMR) Annual Auction offers collectors and hobby enthusiasts an opportunity expand their projects.
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A model group of train lovers
CYNDI MILLS editor@thedailyobserver.ca The CN rail lines may be abandoned in the area, but over March Break people can catch the local trains at the third annual Model Train Exhibit.
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A two-hour drive to Valparaiso finds an arboretum, model trains and a historical musem.
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Customers of UK rail operator Virgin Trains are now able to purchase onboard Wi-Fi access using their mobile phones.
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MEDINA — County 4-H participants are not all involved with farm animals and agriculture; some take interest in the railway or model trains. Thirty-two boys and girls makeup this year’s Medina County 4-H Model Train Club, and there are 10 adult advisors to the youths, according to John Lanzer, a train club advisor. The 4-H train
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4-H youths build model train display at fair
Railway memorabilia worth thousands of pounds was stolen during a burglary at the Conway Valley Railway Museum in Betws y Coed between 5pm on Wednesday and 10am on Thursday.
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Model trains stolen from Betws y Coed museum
MILFORD – For those sectors of the public up to the neck in shenanigans of whether or not to bring commuter rail into the granite state, at last, a stopgap solution.
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Railway cars stretching beyond the horizon have bolstered profits for CP and CN, but they have also caught the eye of regulators and are behind many derailments
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How long can trains go?
NEW DELHI - Sparing the passenger and industry from fare and freight hikes yet again, India’s Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented the rail budget for 2011-12 with the highest investment of Rs57,630 crore ($12.7 billion), 68 new trains and a vow to build a stronger railroad infrastructure based on the Vision 2020 document.
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Business : No fare hikes, 68 new trains in populist India rail budget