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Atlas O Premier SD70MAC

The headliner of the spring 2023 Atlas catalog was the SD70MAC, a classic six-axle diesel electric locomotive. The SD70MAC ...
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O BOY, O GAUGE TRAINS! NEW MODEL RAILROAD OPENS AT MUSEUM NEAR LEHIGHTON

The Lehigh Valley is about to receive an old-fashioned Christmas present. A new model-railroad exhibit opening Friday morning near Lehighton is one of the largest O-gauge train displays in the United ...
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Locomotives we love: Lionel No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine

The Lionel No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine and tender from 1950 did much to revive the passion dedicated O gauge modeler Walt Urban Jr. has for toy trains. He reminds us that hobbyists who grew up ...
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Hayward: Model railroads serve as a tonic for stress / When job stress gets too great, hobbyists find it's easy to get back on track with model railroads

Invariably, playing with toy trains, like collecting dolls or miniature cars, is something you're expected to grow out of -- just don't try telling that to Gerald McClellan. Every morning over coffee ...
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MODEL TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS SAY INDUSTRY IS CHUGGING ALONG ENGINEERS OF ALL AGES GO TO FIRST FROST TRAIN MEET AT ALLENTOWN FAIRGROUNDS, PROVING THE HOBBY ...

The 1950s may have been the golden age of model railroading, as an army of young baby boomers anxiously hoped to see a Lionel or American Flyer toy train set under the tree Christmas morning. But many ...