For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
A world of circus shows and circus trains will be on display for the public to enjoy during a gathering of circus model builders Thursday through Sunday in Baraboo.
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In the early 60s, a young former electrician from London called David Constable moved to Germany to avoid national service. While he was there, he had an idea for a business. In the shops he noticed "lovely coloured candles" of a sort that were not for sale in Britain.
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Stand on Bailey Street and look out onto Winter Hill Farm and you can see why town officials covet this land.
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Model trains on display (Chichester Observer)
The sound of trains, that's what Carol Rotary hears when walking through the door of Family Hobby & Crafts in Vestal. She shops here because she can find unique gifts that large chain stores don't sell. "You have a lot more variety, a lot more detailed items that you can get than if you go to a big store," said Rotary, who was shopping for her husband. Art Garrison, owner of Family Hobby & ...
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Hobbies for the Holidays (FOX 40 Binghamton)
A space-strapped Crewe, England, man said he has set up his model trains where no locomotives have gone before -- the ceiling of his home.Keith Beadle, 73, said he has spent $10,000 patenting his magnet-powered designs for the upside-down model train track and he is now seeking a major manufacturer to mass-produce his idea, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.It is a question of getting the ...
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Two out-of-date Beijing subway trains arrived in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province on Wednesday. They will serve as makeshift winter housing for locals, according to a newspaper report released Thursday.
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Trains to house Chinese quake victims this winter (China Economic Net)
Two out-of-date Beijing subway trains arrived in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province on Wednesday. They will serve as makeshift winter housing for locals, according to a newspaper report released Thursday. In all, 10 trains, composed of six cars each, are now in Guangyuan, a city to the north of the provincial capital Chengdu, Beijing Youth Daily reported. Seats and rails on the trains were ...
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Trains to house Chinese quake victims this winter (People's Daily)