For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Stephenson's is wooing holiday shoppers Friday with a sale at its Southampton gallery of toys - at highly affordable prices - featuring that most appealing of decorations for the Christmas tree, toy trains to run under it.
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Auctions: Trains and dolls for the yuletide
When Jim Herbein was growing up in Fleetwood, he'd catch a ride on a Reading Co. steam locomotive delivering freight to his grandfather's depot, A.R. Hoffman Lumber & Coal.
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The Sebring Model Railroad Club knows a thing or two about model trains. For starters, the group has built a 3,000-foot layout in the Sebring Station, which it owns.
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By ELISE McKEOWN SKOLNICK news@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN Visitors watched as model trains chugged
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Many enjoy model train show in Austintown
In conjunction with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train stop in Galesburg, there was a Train and Memorabilia Show in the former Carriage House furniture store Saturday. Collectors from across the state came to Galesburg to show off, and in most cases to sell, their assorted memorabilia.
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Train fans share variety of memorabilia at Galesburg show
A TV show featuring "Thomas the Tank Engine" put 3 1/2-year-old Ethan Findlay on track to being a railroad fan, says his father, David Findlay. Ethan sat on his dad's shoulders Saturday as they gazed at model train exhibits inside the Great Overland Station during that venue's fourth annual Topeka Railroad Festival. read more
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In his final week, John Lewars sat down at the work table in his Exeter Township home, like he always did, and built a model airplane. It was the last of thousands of projects in his life.
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Not Forgotten: Craftsman's skill was keen as his knives
National Train Day arrived Saturday, a week ahead of schedule, with a big show at the Toledo Amtrak Station at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Plaza, near downtown.The station’s ground floor and third floor were filled with all manner of displays relating to railroads, including elaborate model trains. Outside on the tracks was a Norfolk Southern freight locomotive that had plenty of sightseers ...
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James Almy has an eye for detail. As a member of the Southwestern Oklahoma Railroad Association, Almy spent his time Saturday making sure the trains circumnavigating the showroom during their Annual Spring Open House were operating properly.
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Trains keep Almy busy in retirement
It was a showcase of hobbies over the weekend in Duncan, with multiple organizations putting their crafts and hard work for the public to view or purchase.
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Duncan bustling with weekend activities