A model group of train lovers

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Bill Payne says the Nottawasaga Model Railway (NMR) Annual Auction offers collectors and hobby enthusiasts an opportunity expand their projects.

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Lake Metroparks Farmpark's to host annual Railroads in the Parks event

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

The event is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Lake Metroparks Farmpark, 8800 Euclid Chardon Road, Kirtland. Farmpark admission is $4 for ages 2 to 11, $5 for ages 60 and over and $6 for ages 12 to 59. Children younger than 2 are free.

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Miniature Trains Recall Marceline’s Past – Part 1

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Walsworth Community Center Board of Directors will celebrate Marceline’s railroading roots by hosting its second annual Model Train Show. The event will be held, as it was in 2010, at the Walsworth Community Center. Bring the kids and enjoy recalling your own childhood, and that of your community, as you view some elaborate operating model train layouts. Then ...

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Relief for Mumbai: Chaos controlled, trains on track

Friday, April 20th, 2012

After two days of chaos, normalcy seems to have returned to Mumbai's Central Railway line. The authorities have reportedly worked round the clock to restore the services. A three-member committee will... Related Stories Minors missing in Imphal, suspected to have been recruited by militants Three-year-old girl raped and killed in Cuffe Parade Small-time model may have been behind Viveka Babajee ...

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From hobbyist to hobby shop owner

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

After years of buying model trains and aircraft from Cape Cod Hobby, Clayton Brown decided earlier this year to buy the business when previous owner Brian Decaire died unexpectedly.

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Can you hear the steam whistle?

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

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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Young and old come together for annual train show

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Ken Murphy had his hands full Saturday as he tried to keep his grandsons from touching all the model trains they saw — and there were plenty of them. Murphy and his daughter-in-law, Carolyn, brought the youngsters to the 17 th annual Carolina Coastal Railroad Show at the Shriners Sudan Temple.

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Next stop: Richland!

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Train lovers check out the HO scale model train set at the Patcong Valley Model Railroad Club in Richland during an open house Sunday. / Staff photo/Cody Glenn

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Nazareth Area Society of Model Engineers enjoy ‘workin’ on the railroad’

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

The volunteer group's annual open house series runs until late January in Stockertown.

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Trains, Toys bring crowd to Medina community center

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Much more than Thomas the Tank Engine was on display Sunday at this season’s Model Railroad and Toy Show in Medina.

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