Sunday, May 13th, 2012
The Lompoc HO Model Railroad Club is in the process of completing a new 1,500-foot track layout which features scenery of what Lompoc looked like more than 50 years ago.
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Lompoc model railroad steams back to 1960
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Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Model trains are timeless.
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Model Train Show Transcends Age
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012
On the look out for some rockin' vacation events in the month of May? Look no further as antiMusic's travel editor Kevin Wierzbicki gives you the lowdown on three great events taking place next month!
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
The saying goes that the family that stays together plays together. For one West Virginia clan, playtime is all about trains.
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Model trains: all in the family
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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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Monday, March 12th, 2012
For an 8-year-old boy with an interest in building model railroad layouts, Quinn Matthews couldn’t have found himself in a better place Sunday.
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Model train expo draws 1,000 to Orr Building
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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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Young and old come together for annual train show
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Aidan Moore, 11, and his sister, Sara, 8, admire his train display at Saturday's Winter Train Show and Swap Meet hosted by the Payne County Model Railroad Club. It was Aidan's first time presenting a display at the show since he started attending the event when he was 4.
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Stillwater child's love for model trains comes full circle at Payne County show
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
As the foot-long model train engine chugged around the tracks Saturday, making its way through an idyllic miniature town and blowing a horn, Mo Clark tried to decide which of her boys was most mesmerized: 5-year-old Colin, 7-year-old Aidan — or 41-year-old Wayne, Clark’s husband. “There’s something about boys and …
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Conducting magic
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Model trains have been a passion for Michael and Erica Heery, shown with their Old Mauch Chunk display, which has been a Jim Thorpe tourist attraction for 26 years. The display is closing on Sunday.
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Thorpe's model train whistle to soon go silent
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