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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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
It's a childhood dream come true this weekend at Valley River Center.
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Hundreds of model train enthusiasts had an opportunity to view and operate elaborate layouts as well as buy and sell new and antique trains last Saturday during the annual Train Collector’s Associatio
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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 20th, 2012
Model Railroad Club of Buffalo plans first open house in three years
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Spyro Avdis, 3, got a kick out of a passing model train at the Great Train Expo at Cal Expo on Satur
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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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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
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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Mall railroad reaches end of tracks
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
The volunteer group's annual open house series runs until late January in Stockertown.
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
A large display created by the Bedford Central Railroad Group is encouraging children to get excited about an old hobby Is your family stuck at home with nothing to do this week? A group in Bedford wants to get your kids off the couch, and get them excited about an old hobby.
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