Scale Model Railroading

Local man builds scale railroad inside the Amesbury Senior Center
Amesbury News
For the first time in a long time, there’s a working railroad system within Amesbury. Albeit, the newest one fits inside a single room at the Amesbury Council on Aging. That’s where you can find an expansive model railroad created by Alec Flickinger.

Wm K Walthers has sold its Darda line of pull-back toys, tops and jack-in-the-boxes to Simm Marketing.  Simm is based in Germany and has been a long time licensee of Darda in Europe.  Walthers originally acquired the Darda line from Life-Like.  While the details of the arrangements, including the US distribution of Darda products, are still being finalized Walthers says the transitions should be seamless.  The sale price was not disclosed.

Plain Township man is a master at model railroads
Canton Repository
Tom Baughman is part modeler, part artist, part engineer. It is the latter — both in design and in trains — that makes him a master at what he does.

Coast to Coast
The Sacramento Press
It featured operating model railroads, train dealers, collectors, hands-on exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops.

Mentor museum plans to get on track with first train show
News-Herald.com
The Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum’s new location presents some new challenges, as well as opportunities.

All aboard on a model train wonderland
Victoria Times Colonist
The tiny coastal town of Wilfredton seems frozen in time. The year is 1984, or thereabouts, and Wilfredton’s 1,000 citizens mingle among quaint heritage buildings in the downtown core, up the mountains, and beyond the rock quarry, mines and logging camps on the rugged coastline.

The Outeniqua Choo tjoe, a South African rail excursion billed as the last remaining scheduled steam train, has reopened its service this Fall. The route traveled by the service was damaged in a flood in 2006 and the excursion has not run since. A new route was established this year, running from George, South Africa to Mossel Bay was established. The excursion runs daily excluding Sundays until January 9, and then on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from January 11 to March 31, 2010.

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Model Railroad Club Models Ozarks
OzarksFirst.com
The Ozarks Model Railroad Association started more than twenty years ago. Members say the project helps encourage model railroading …

Train exhibit is model for fun
Anderson Herald Bulletin
30 at the Madison County History Center, 7 W. 11th St. Visitors are given the opportunity to enjoy model railroad sets, and watch videos containing footage

Annual Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club Christmas Show
Vero Beach Press-Journal
The location is the Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club in Port St. Lucie. PORT ST. LUCIE — The Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club in Port St. Lucie invites

A Garden For All: Railroad gardening – A quiet hobby
West Seattle Herald

Train set fills shop with fun
Press-Enterprise
I was just amazed,” said Adams, who joined the shop’s model railroad club. “It was the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been to a lot of train stores

All Aboard: Annual holiday train display is one-of-a-kind
New Mexican
Things were moving along fast inside First National Bank on the Plaza on Saturday morning, as members of the Santa Fe Model Railroad Club built their annual

Model trains part of the magic of Christmas
Scarlet Scuttlebutt
Exhibit hours are from 11 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday, and from 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Take a ride on the North Pole Express next week
The Flint Journal – MLive.com
The journey will include complimentary hot cocoa, visits with Santa, holiday rides, model railroad displays, live entertainment and holiday crafts and

George’s Trains, a Toronto based model railroad retailer, announced the opening of their new online store today.  The site features a good selection of HO, O, N, and G scale locomotives, rolling stock, and structures.  The site could use some more product photography, but overall it’s a cleanly designed store.

Model trains, gems displayed in shows
Longmont Daily Times-Call
An annual show from the Boulder Model Railroad Club promises to remind us why model trains claim such a hold on the imagination.

PHOTO GALLERY: Roslindale’s Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Wicked Local (blog)
The Bay State Model Railroad Museum held an open house at their South Street location in Roslindale on Sunday, Dec. 6. Visitors young and old checked out

A tale of two trains
Great Bend Tribune
That changed once the Golden Belt Model Railroad Association got involved. Ken Shelton, president of the model train club, found plenty of volunteers and

RICK SMITH: Tiny tracks took tedious trek
San Angelo Standard-Times
Volunteers ranged from David’s wife, Pam, who painted background panels, to model railroad experts such as Jason Sauerland, David Giddings, Cecil Walston,

Out and About: Dec. 11
Worthington Daily Globe
Model Railroad Display, 1 to 5 pm, Round House Inc. Model Railroad Club, Tiell Drive, St. James. Live Nativity and Creche Display, 5 to 7 pm,

Things To Do: Arts and Entertainment
San Jose Mercury News
West Bay Model Railroad Association 2009 Christmas Show. 7-10 pm today, noon-6 pm Saturday, noon-5 pm Sunday. Model Railroad Building, Merrill Street

Holiday light displays
OregonLive.com
Time your visit for the Columbia Gorge Lines model railroad display, Dec. 17-20. The facts: High up in the West Hills, the 16000-square-foot Pittock Mansion

Fun things to do this weekend on Cape Cod: Dec.11 to Dec.13
Wicked Local (blog)
Come see the trains Open House, Nauset Model Railroad Club, 1-4 pm, Hilltop Plaza, Route 6A, Orleans, free. Operating layouts O, S, HO, N&G Scale.

Model railroad display modeled on areas of Prince William
Trading Markets
Club members will be available to answer questions and provide information about model railroading. Train lovers of all ages are invited to drop in for the

Golden era of vintage trains
Sydney Morning Herald
“My dream was that ‘one day’ I would build a realistic O Gauge model railroad,” he says. Bruce now works as a full-time artist and to concentrate on this …

Train club passes tradition
Dayton Daily News
Hartrum said there are many sizes of model railroads. “Perhaps “HO” is the most popular. Our focus is on “S” gauge trains. There are models today available

Kid Picks with Philip Potempa
nwitimes.com
by 25-foot model railroad candyland-theme display that can simultaneously run up to 13 trains, plus professional ice-carving demonstrations, magicians,

Illinois Valley News
Illinois Valley News
HOLIDAY RAIL – Visit Kerbyville Museum and view its annual Christmas model railroad train display. The museum will be open on Saturday, Dec.

Conservatory of Flowers’ model city
San Francisco Chronicle
The Bay Area Garden Railway Society – including Jack Verducci, who wrote the definitive “How to Design and Build Your Garden Railroad” – joined in planning