For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The San Lorenzo Valley Museum is looking for exhibitors for its monthlong model train exhibition in September. The museum seeks cars of all gauges (O, HO, N, Z, LGB, etc.), as well as advertising, buildings, landscaping, scenes and more.
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The local historical museum plays host to the yesteryear landscapes of Europe, complete with miniature working trains.
Health officials say a 60-year-old Elkhart County woman has died of complications related to West Nile virus.
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The Great Western Railroad is a busy line that runs from west of Chicago to Abilene, all in the space of Alan Bridgestock's "upper room."
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DAYTON — Train enthusiasts converged on Carillon Historical Park on Saturday to celebrate what 3-year-old Nolan Gilliam calls the “chug-a chug-a choo-choo.”The little boy and his parents, who are from Dayton, were among those who spent the day at the sixth annual Carillon Park Rail Festival. The party continues today with indoor and outdoor model railroad layouts, free miniature train rides and ...
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Carillon train festival continues today
The first gift the Rev. Lou Showers remembers receiving was a train. It was a push-type toy train, but it helped inspire his interest in the railroad and model trains.
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Model trains carry pastor away
All aboard! National Train Day rolls into Naples on Saturday, May 7, at the Naples Depot Cultural Center. Organizers want to raise the awareness of the importance of trains to the history of Southwest Florida — also, they add, it’s a chance to play with really neat model trains on exhibit there.
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Train Day to revisit Naples’ rail history
Not so long ago, trains were a primary mode of transportation, paving the way to the American West and all over the country. Train travel played a powerful, undeniable part in shaping the history of the nation.
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Dealers, railfans and kids come together for Old Time Train Show
Functional model trains will be set up this weekend at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library for public display of a miniature view of a transportation system that reshaped the nation.
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Model trains chug into library this weekend
Show to continue Sunday at J.B. Owens Sports Complex