In Roxbury, Locomotion
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012“My dream is to have many, many, many trains running at one time,” said Harvey Yaverbaum. “It’s all about motion. In my head, I see 14 to 15 trains moving simultaneously.”
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Hornby's second profit warning of 2012
Monday, April 23rd, 2012Hornby, the model trains and Scalextric group, issued its second profits warning of the year yesterday, as it said a return to profitability in its international business had not been enough to counter continued tough trading in the UK.
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Hornby's second profit warning of 2012
Victoria's Secret models a rare breed
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012Victoria's Secret models are "rarer than the world's top-performing" athletes.
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Victoria's Secret models a rare breed
PPPs not a solution for better buses and trains – Greens
Friday, March 30th, 2012Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are not the way to get better buses and trains, or better value for money from transport, said the Green Party today.
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Md. governor’s trains on display at museum
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011PAMELA WOOD The Capital of Annapolis 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 ...
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Md. governor's trains on display at museum
SPOTLIGHT: Collection shows love of trains
Sunday, September 18th, 2011BONNIE CLARK Mattoon Journal-Gazette CHARLESTON, Ill. Memories ride the rails of the HO gauge model train layout in a room of Jerry McRoberts' Charleston home that was specially built for what has been a hobby of a lifetime. "I've been building models since I was a kid," the retired Eastern Illinois University professor said. And since he was a kid, his life has revolved in some manner around ...
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SPOTLIGHT: Collection shows love of trains
New US lab trains global scientists in food safety
Saturday, September 17th, 2011Global food trade is a big and risky business.
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New US lab trains global scientists in food safety
China recalls 54 bullet trains
Friday, August 12th, 2011A Chinese state-owned bullet train manufacturer recalled 54 trains today following a July crash that killed 40 people. China North Locomotive and Rolling Stock Ltd (CNR) recalled model CRH380BL trains used on the Beijing-Shanghai line, which has suffered repeated delays blamed on equipment failures.
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Model of a modern trainspotter
Saturday, August 6th, 2011The former deputy PM has delivered a bold manifesto for transport - in Australia and across the world, writes Andrew West.
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Model of a modern trainspotter
PAS trains sights on Felda votes
Thursday, June 9th, 2011KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — As polls loom, PAS is gearing itself up to run neck-and-neck with Umno in the crucial race for Malay votes in Felda plantations, which is traditionally seen as a Barisan Nasional (BN) vote bank. This was reflected when Mazlan Aliman, popularly known for his work as chairman of the National Association for Children of Felda ...
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