Photos: Toys, trains on display

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Photos: Toys, trains on display Mountain Toy and Railroad Club comes to Albany.

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Model trains still on track

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Model railroading has been around for decades, but finding a shiny new train set under the Christmas tree hasn't lost its sparkle, says the Soo Model Railroad Club's chief engineer.

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Model trains still on track

In photos: Train show at Schenectady Museum

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Upstate Train Associates built a display of model trains at the Schenectady Museum that will be shown on weekends until Jan. 15.

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Tiny trains, but big fun

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

PLAINS TOWNSHIP – Even though Hudson Model Railroad Club member Devin Hudak didn’t have his model locomotives in motion during the group’s open house Saturday afternoon, the 15-year-old managed the sounds and sights of a railway line like a conductor would on the rails.

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All aboard nostalgia express

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Toy trains were a young boy's treasure in days gone by. Now a generation or two of kids in this part of Ontario haven't known the mystique of passenger or freight trains and may not be as interested in them.

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U.S. looks at ways to head off home-grown extremism

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Terrorist plots spur a search for a new strategy, but what is government's role in fighting an ideology? After more than a dozen home-grown terrorist plots involving American Muslims since President Obama took office, the administration is moving to step up its scattershot efforts to counter domestic radicalism, prompting a debate over the proper role of government in addressing ideological ...

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Miners bid for rail network

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

PERTH - AUSTRALIAN coal miners made a joint A$4.85 billion (S$5.67 billion) cash bid for a rail-track network in the country's biggest coal state, aiming to prevent it being sold onto the stock market in a wider privatisation. The group of 13 firms headed by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata said its bid for the network was conditional on the Queensland state government dropping its plan to ...

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Drill, baby, drill?

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

The big questions prompted by the Atlantic oil leak

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Terry ready for Arsenal (Straits Times)

Friday, February 5th, 2010

COBHAM (England) - CARLO Ancelotti insists John Terry's crunch talks with Fabio Capello over the England captaincy won't distract him from leading Chelsea against Arsenal on Sunday. Terry was due to face Capello on Friday for the first time since the publication of newspaper allegations that the Chelsea skipper had an affair with the ex-girlfriend of Wayne Bridge, his former team-mate with the ...

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Model citizens show up in Pem. (Burlington County Times)

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

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