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Shop owner Jeff Fowler watches the train cross over bridges and pass by the miniature village complete with church and other buildings. Photo by Don Ellzey

Train hobbyist rolls into history

She’s sleek and beautiful, decked out in her brown, orange and yellow paint, her precedent shattering “streamline” design making her the belle of the rails at the start of her era.

She’s the “City of New Orleans,” immortalized in the song of the same name by folk singer Arlo Guthrie, and her likeness in miniature occupies a long length of shelf space in the Electric Train Shop at 1111 Southwest Railroad Ave. in Ponchatoula.

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Education December 18th, 2009 LIGO offers free tours The Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory in Livingston will be open to the public on Saturday at 1-5 p.m.	Obituaries December 21st, 2009 Obituaries published Dec. 20, 2009 Death Notices	Business December 21st, 2009 Chamber to mark 60 years Hammond Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 60th anniversary with new initiatives and a theme, “Think BIG: Business, Innovation and Growth.”	Community December 21st, 2009 Toddler OK after nearly drowning Little Hannah Parker, who almost drowned in a rain-swollen ditch off White Oak Drive in Hammond Dec. 13, is now home and doing fine, according to Rodolfo Garcia-Diaz.
Sports December 21st, 2009 Tors & Wave battle for Tangi title tonight If you ask the coaches involved, they'll tell you that Saints-Cowboys game Saturday night makes for a pretty good under card.	Editorials December 21st, 2009 Treats worth experiencing Two local holiday traditions are not to be missed, and tonight is the last night for both this year: Zemurray Park’s miniature train, the Peggy Lee, is scheduled to make its final runs of the season today from 1 until 9 p.m. Also, “One Night in Bethlehem,” the awesome live nativity event is scheduled for its last night this season tonight at the old welcome center off Interstate 55 (take the University Avenue exit and turn north at the parish tourism office).	Kids Shine December 15th, 2009 STA honors Malia Cali A celebration to honor Wendy’s High School Heisman winner Malia Cali will be held at 5:45 p.m. Tues-day at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School in the school commons.’	Columns December 21st, 2009 Journal: Family of 8 needs more living space A wife and mother of six children has touched Kim Guillory’s heart.

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