Canada’s biggest model railway will be dismantled

Monday, June 13th, 2011

More than 300 people have participated over the years, devoting thousands of hours to building life-like models across a 1,493-metre masterpiece.

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Canada’s biggest model railway, built over decades, will be dismantled

Monday, June 13th, 2011

More than 300 people have participated over the years, devoting thousands of hours to building life-like models across an eye-popping, detail-laden, 1,493-metre masterpiece.

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Canada's biggest model railway, built over decades, will be dismantled

O.C. teen trains to be astronaut

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Building a scale model of an orbiting solar-panel structure sounded like a simple enough task to Chloe Lippold.But once she put the space suit on - a head-to-toe costume that included a face shield and thick gloves - it no longer seemed so easy.The simulated astronaut...

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A Model Train Collector’s One-Track Mind

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

After Years Amassing a Miniature World, His Collection Will Be Auctioned for an Out-of-This-World Price

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McKeesport model railroad group begins open house

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

What better way to get in the holiday spirit than to surround yourself with model trains? The McKeesport Model Railroad Club, 2200 Walnut St., Mc-eesport, is hosting its annual weekend open house through Sunday.

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Lighting Buildings (About)

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

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Classification Yard (About)

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

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Columbia on track

Monday, September 13th, 2010

The exhibition judges decided Columbia’s train car was the best out of eight entries, which included other independent artist groups designing art galleries within trains. The winner was chosen based on three primary criteria: depth of concept, consideration of context and overall execution.

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Predictions of Coal, CO2 Production Flawed, Says Latest Research

Monday, July 26th, 2010

(PhysOrg.com) -- The CO2 emission estimates used for government policy decisions assume unlimited coal and fossil fuel production for the next 100 years, an unrealistic premise which skews climate change models and proposed solutions, according to new research published by Tad Patzek, chair of the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Google apps get US government security approval

Monday, July 26th, 2010

(AP) -- E-mail and other Web-based office programs from Google have won the U.S. government's seal of approval.

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