Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Many people remember a childhood with an electric train set. Perhaps it was an HO-scale layout on a sheet of plywood in the basement or a brand-new Lionel set first discovered under the Christmas tree. While most of those train sets have been long-since put away, some Southern Illinoisans' fondness for model railroading has grown, both in levels of interest and in the size of their trains.
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
A small city moved into Thanksgiving Point on Friday -- literally.
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Model train show draws in thousands to Thanksgiving Point
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Model Railroad Club of Buffalo plans first open house in three years
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Model Railroad Club of Buffalo plans first open house in three years
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Working on the railroad
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
When you drive up to Stuart Taylor’s house and see a light shining in the basement window, you can bet the imagination is at work.
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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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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
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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Model railroad museum in Richland draws up to 10,000 guests annually
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
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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Monday, December 12th, 2011
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 ...
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Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Outfitted in a blue-striped railroad engineer's hat and Thomas the Tank Engine-themed shirt and pants, Billy Danhardt, 4, peered up at the model trains chugging by on miniature tracks, his eyes shinin
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Railfest unites train enthusiasts of all ages
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