For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
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.
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Becker Spaun stands amid his model trains in his Hannibal, Mo. basement. Spaun has been collecting model trains for more than 40 years; he has hundreds of miniature coal, freight and passenger train cars.
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Trains took over a local car dealership Saturday in Green Bay.
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A two-hour drive to Valparaiso finds an arboretum, model trains and a historical musem.
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Ted Brown is a railroadin’ man. Model trains, that is. The retired Union Pacific Railroad engineer operated trains for 35 years but for the past five years has spent his time, lots of his time, recreating model trains, mostly streamliner locomotives.
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People across the tri-state area took part in the 21st Annual Model Railroad Show and Sale.
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What's being billed as the world's largest model airport opened this week in Hamburg. It's described in nearly every media account as a spectacular display with a stunning attention to detail.
In 100 years of hobbying, model railroads and trains may have skipped a generation, but hobbyists note that there is a resurgence of interest in younger children today.
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Picking Up Some Steam
A free opening reception is being held at the Historic Arkansas Museum. The museum presents the 9th Annual Eclectic Collector: The Model Trains of Bill Albright in the Study Gallery at a free opening on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
More than 120,000 new daily passengers to be served by 2012
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