For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Wanda McLain and her great-grandson Casey Eppley of Walkersville watch model trains chug along the tracks during the Frederick County Society of Model Engineers’ open house Sunday afternoon in Frederick
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Can you imagine a Christmas tree without a train? You don’t have to be a fan of TV’s Hell on Wheels to be passionate about trains. Over the years the fascination of trains — and model trains — has never lost its appeal.
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Model trains ring in the holiday season
PAMELA WOOD The Capital of Annapolis BALTIMORE An orange Union Pacific car. A maroon car from the New York Central Lines. A star-spangled Lionel bicentennial train. They once were prized possessions of one of Maryland's most beloved politicians, the late William Donald Schaefer, and now they're on display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The cantankerous former governor, comptroller and Baltimore ...
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Md. governor's trains on display at museum
The Tinplate Trackers, an Austin-based model train club, is keeping the tradition of model trains and winter holidays alive. The group has model trains setup in Downtown Austin to give the public an opportunity to experience the tradition which has lasted generations.
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Model trains bring holiday tradition to Downtown Austin
The annual Seasons Greenings display at the U.S. Botanic Garden featuring model trains running around miniature buildings in the garden greenhouses opens Thanksgiving Day and runs through Jan. 2. This year, it features new exhibits on the homes of presidents and animals, plus live music Tuesday and Thursday nights. Shimizu, the USBG's executive director, explains the festive display. How long ...
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THE 3-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Holly Shimizu
Nick Taylor, 8, and his grandfather Lynn Merholz, of North Royalton, watch model trains at the Medina Model Railroad and Toy Show on Sunday afternoon. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY MICHELLE SPREHE)
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Love of trains knows no age
Terry Elder of New Midway and granddaughter Paislynn Elder, 19 months, watch model trains Saturday at the annual Brunswick Railroad Days festival The display was courtesy of the Washington, Virginia & Maryland Garden Railway Society
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BONNIE CLARK Mattoon Journal-Gazette CHARLESTON, Ill. Memories ride the rails of the HO gauge model train layout in a room of Jerry McRoberts' Charleston home that was specially built for what has been a hobby of a lifetime. "I've been building models since I was a kid," the retired Eastern Illinois University professor said. And since he was a kid, his life has revolved in some manner around ...
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SPOTLIGHT: Collection shows love of trains
At the center of Kensington lies one of its oldest running traditions, the train station, a fixture there since the 19th century.
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Gazette.Net: Model trains roll into Kensington
MEDINA — Not all 4-H’ers are involved with farm animals and agriculture at the Medina County Fair. Some interests travel along the rails toward model trains. Thirty-two boys and girls make up this year’s Medina County 4-H Model Train Club, which has a 48-by-12-foot model on display in Building 12 at the Medina County Fair. Thirteen
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4-H’ers interests include model trains