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Articles about New York Model Railroading (0-4 of 4)
- The Top 10 Model Train Shops In New York
By: Larry Truett | - For the past year I've been compiling a list of model train stores for my model railroading website. These shops all look like a lot of fun to visit, but what are the most popular? Here is a list for the great state of New York.
The most popular model railroading shops (based on online chatter) in the state of New York are:
10. Dutchess Train and Hobby in Poughkeepsie
9. Trainland in Brooklyn
8. J and K Trains and Parts in Marlboro
Tags: New York Model Railroading, New York Model Trians
- They Raised The Titanic !
By: Bob Carper | - This past weekend, a select group of railroad fans witnessed a miraculous event. The sleek, two-toned gray observation-lounge sleeper named "Hickory Creek" made a triumphal return to its former home on the New York Central.
Each evening the Hickory Creek and its sister observation lounge, the Sandy Creek, would "bring up the rear marker lights" on one of the most prestigious trains in the world. This was the famed Twentieth Century Limited of the New York Central.
Tags: New-York-Central, Twentieth-century-limited, restoration, railroading, railfans, trains, NYC
- Model Railroading Is Railroading On A Bench Top
By: Bob Carper | - The hobby of model railroading has been around for almost 100 years. Every Christmas, no matter where in the country we live, Santa would bring a train set and tracks, and it would run round and round the Christmas Tree.
Then, as soon as the Christmas tree would be taken down, the train set was stowed away in its packing box. It would sit in the family closet until next Christmas. Many times, another train set would join the older train set. Then, the two train sets would run ...
Tags: model-railroading, trains, railroads, hobbies,
- Railroading Is A Most Exciting Hobby
By: Bob Carper | - Railroading is not only an industry within the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It is a very impressive and exciting hobby. At last count, there are over 200,000 subscribers to the leading rail hobby magazines. There are over 200 railroad and trolley museums scattered about the USA and Canada. There are a multitude of local railfan organizations, many of who conduct railroad fan trips. Many other railfan organizations perform restoration projects where literally, the dead are brought back ...
Tags: railfans, railroaders, model-railroads, trains, rail-museums, trolleys, trolley-cars, fan-trips, rai
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