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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Eric Flowers / The Bulletin
December 12, 2004
Michael Lavrich's train left the station in 1947, and it is not coming back. A member of an extended family of toy train enthusiasts, Lavrich got his first toy train at 13 months old from a grandfather who spent 50 years working the New York Central rail line.
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