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Playing with Trains.


Playing With Trains

Sam Posey

Random House

1745 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 NY 10019

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1400061784 $22.95 1-800-726-0600

Why do grown men play with trains? In Playing With Trains: A Passion Beyond Scale, sportswriter sports·writ·er  
n.
A person who writes about sports, especially for a newspaper or magazine.



sports
 and Grand Prix racing Grand Prix racing

Automobile racing in which formula cars are run on closed highways or courses that simulate road conditions. Formula cars are open-wheel, open-cockpit, rear-engine vehicles and are generally smaller than those used in speedway races such as the Indianapolis
 legend Sam Posey deftly examines the world of model railroading rail·road·ing  
n.
The construction or operation of railroads.

Noun 1. railroading - the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads
rail technology
, in the process blending autobiography with insights into the lure and attraction of model railroading. Posey traveled around the world getting to know top modelers: his examines the nostalgic love of trains and how it translates into model railroading, using his own enjoyment and first-person insights as a foundation.
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