Friday, April 20th, 2012
Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship. The ladies are everywhere at the Atria Woodbridge senior living community in Irvine: It is the ladies who fill the dining hall, the ladies who while away the afternoon chatting and doing crossword ...
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In retirees' Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Members of the Sun City Center Model Railroad Club enjoy the club's open houses as much as the youngsters who visit.
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
Photos: Toys, trains on display Mountain Toy and Railroad Club comes to Albany.
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Photos: Toys, trains on display
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
The Eastwood American Legion opened its doors to the public on Sunday for a look at some of the coolest model trains you'll find anywhere.
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
For the first time in about half a century, trains will come chugging down the iron rails in west Pasco County.
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Here come the trains
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
By Robert Napper, Times Correspondent Saturday, February 4, 2012 These poker players are among the many precise details at the new Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling, a recently renovated 7,800-square-foot facility in Odessa. ODESSA — It is a behemoth in the modular train business. When it's pieced together, the Sundance Central Modular Railroad village spans 45 feet by 20 feet, with 235 ...
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World of model trains and tiny treasures comes to Pasco
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Three sales next week will offer items appealing to the metallurgically minded: a gold presentation trophy; a collection of brass model railroad trains, and advertising signs made of tin. Off to the smelters.
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Auctions: Philadelphia-area auctions offer trains and metal memorabilia
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Model railroad trains have rolled into the big E expo center.
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Big E hosts Railroad Hobby Show
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
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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Friday, January 13th, 2012
A favorite train display with a lot of history will soon close its doors. After 26 years, The Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., will be packed up on Sunday. "We've been open year-round for 26-and-a-half years. We opened August 22, 1985," said Michael Heery, whose family owns the display. Before that, Heery said, it took one family nearly 50 years to collect the ...
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