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Article: Solar-powered miniature train makes maiden run as part of exhibit: Solar-powered miniature train makes maiden run as part of exhibit.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Byline: Sally Apgar
Sep. 1--WEST PALM BEACH -- People are waiting on the "Solar City" train platform. One is a businessman, sporting a 1950s-era brown fedora. His gray suit jacket hangs over his left arm and a brown briefcase dangles from his right hand. He looks almost like he's sweating in the hot sun. A long-legged boy in a red T-shirt and shorts is lounging on a wooden bench, hot dog in hand.
These life-like miniature figures are waiting for the "Solar City Express," a solar-powered passenger train that takes its maiden run today as part of a new exhibit at the South Florida Science Museum. Visitors can run the passenger train, a cattle and freight ...