For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
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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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.
License plates from Michigan, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia showed up last week at the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum in Richland. read more »
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These model trains run on tracks that lead nowhere -- except in the imaginations of little boys like Isaac Henion and his brother, Jackson.
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It might be 200-odd years since George Stephenson invented the locomotive, but 10,000 people flocking to the Washington State History Museum each December prove even tablet computers and video games can’t diminish the fun of playing with model trains.
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Once upon a time the train was the focal point of many towns, some of which owed their very existence to the railroad. The howl of a whistle announced the arrival of the train that was bringing passengers, news, mail and goods that otherwise the townspeople would do without.
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Becker Spaun stands amid his model trains in his Hannibal, Mo. basement. Spaun has been collecting model trains for more than 40 years; he has hundreds of miniature coal, freight and passenger train cars.
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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 mayor had a soft spot for model trains ...
The Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum has been dedicated to sharing model trains with the public for more than 20 years.
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Train lovers share their passion
Members of the new Ford City Renaissance Community Partnership will be hosting the display of veteran model trainman Mike Luke for the holidays.
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Veteran trainman Mike Luke sets up display to benefit community partnership