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Archive for February, 2009
Around the Valley (KBZK Bozeman)
by Admin on February 27th, 2009
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What’s going on Around the Valley this weekend? Here’s a look: The Heritage Christian School Family Winter Carnival will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the school on Durston Road. All are welcome.
5 things people are talking about this week (The Oregonian)
Will Portland skinny houses be a model for the country? The Small House Movement The “skinny house” has been a familiar sight in inner-city Portland for years, but now even the suburbs and exurbs are embracing the less-is-more concept. Tiny…
On the route to a renaissance (Boston Globe)
WINSLOW, Ariz. – Few and far between is the American of a certain age who cannot sing the lines: “Well, I’m a-standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona / And such a fine sight to see / It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford / Slowin’ down to take a look at me.” Though that corner, popularized in …
Huge model train and toy show at fairgrounds in Henrietta – Democrat and Chronicle
by Admin on February 26th, 2009
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Greenbergs Great Train Show, one of the oldest and largest model train and toy shows in the country, rolls to a stop this weekend at the Monroe County Fairgrounds Expo Center, 2695 East Henrietta Road in Henrietta. Toy train enthusiasts can enjoy …
All aboard … Father, son enjoy model trains in their spare time – Star-Press
MUNCIE — It was 10 long years ago, but Andy Wolfe still remembers being a little kid who was excited to find a new model train set up on the carpet near his homes fireplace. These days, at age 13, his pleasure remains. The train set he enjoys …
Train full of love departing – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
by Admin on February 26th, 2009
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Train full of love departing Mark Hoffman Bob Sherman photographs trains Thursday during the second-to-last gathering of the Milwaukee Model Railroad Engineers at Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave. He was among the nearly two dozen people to …
Huge model train and toy show in Henrietta – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
by Admin on February 24th, 2009
Second hand model trains
The history of model trains is very interesting. At first there were some crude toy trains for the promotion of the concept of railway transportation. In the second stage better toy trains were introduced by the Germans. In the third stage of evolution the British people started pioneering the production of model trains. In the next stage of evolution from clock spring mechanism to electrically driven model trains was the progress. After the invention of plastic, with ease of insulating the current in efficient manner, you could control the movements of these model trains in a superior manner. The mass production and new technologies helped this model train hobby to migrate from the elite rich class to other economically modest classes. There are people interested in this hobby of model trains all over the world now. The demand for these model trains has grown very fast. This has created a market for the second hand model trains also. This hobby is now well received by the people of all economic groups. There is a growing demand for the second hand model trains. The people who have modest economic means will like to participate in this hobby by opting for cheap second hand model trains. The train collectors association has made certain definitions regarding the condition of the model trains. This has brought in this field a very good standardization. When you want to buy the second hand model train you want to be sure about the condition of that model train. The standardization of condition of model trains helps you to get exactly what you want. There arte lot many web sites marketing these second hand model trains sets. The product grade and the box grade are both important here. The value will depend upon the grades. There are some other market factors which govern the prices of these second hand model trains. The first one is rarity of the model of the second hand train set. It is obvious that if there is less supply of a particular model of model trains sets then it will fetch more prices. This second hand model market has opened the doors of this model trains hobby to lot many new people. These people were not able to enjoy this model train hobby due to economic reasons. His second hand model trains market has finally brought this hobby of model trains to the masses in the real sense. The history of go hobbies company is very famous in this regard. It stared its business by selling second hand model trains and is now very well known discount model train sets marketers. They do produce the original model train sets also.
Choo-choo fans find joy at train show (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
by Admin on February 24th, 2009
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In the midst of a national tour, the Greenberg’s Great Train Show chugged into Henrietta this weekend with a full display of model train sets, electronic train layouts and memorabilia.
They heard that lonesome whistle blow (San Antonio Express-News)
by Admin on February 24th, 2009
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Among the show’s roughly 25,000 visitors this weekend, it was the grandparents and grandchildren who most readily understood the fascination of the thousands of feet of model railroad layouts and the cities, towns and landscapes created to go with them. World’s Greatest Hobby Model Train Show
A model artist, here and now (Haaretz Daily)
It’s back to the studio for Yair Garbuz. At the end of this academic year he will leave the art school at the Beit Berl Teachers Training College (“Hamidrasha”), which he has directed for 12 years.