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This is a wikizine for enthusiasts of the train. Whether you're interested in locomotive engines or mag-lev technology; train travel or the mysteries of the train system -- signals, tracks and train yards -- look here for images, blogs, discussions and news. The wikizine provides a meeting of train-loving minds including history buffs, lovers of train museums, and cognoscenti in all other areas of trainiana.
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B. Thomas Cooper - Editor Sound and Recording - blogment - National News wire - The Infinite Echo It was an age of steel and steam. It was a time of great power and wealth. Soon the world would be forever changed by this new mechanical marvel, the steam locomotive, the driving force behind the industrial revolution. For centuries, man had understood the potential of steam as an energy source, but it took until 1803 before Samuel Homfray was able to successfully harness that energy with...
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Modelers in the News... 'I've been workin' on the railroad ...' Fans of model trains create their own little worlds. Full bits here. Club News... Note if you have club news to add email it to me Model Trains Draw Crowds in Wilmington "I think everything speaks for itself here. A large crowd and a lot of people interested in the hobby. I want to encourage everyone to come out tomorrow from ten to four as well," said Ben Jackson, a member of the Cape Fear Model Railroad Club. Full bits here...
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Modelers in the News... 'I've been workin' on the railroad ...' Fans of model trains create their own little worlds. Full bits here. Club News... Note if you have club news to add email it to me Model Trains Draw Crowds in Wilmington "I think everything speaks for itself here. A large crowd and a lot of people interested in the hobby. I want to encourage everyone to come out tomorrow from ten to four as well," said Ben Jackson, a member of the Cape Fear Model Railroad Club. Full bits here...
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So here it is 2008 and still no steam locomotives running on the Georgetown Loop Railroad! The Ashby's ran the railroad for 30 years and never missed a beat. I really do feel very sorry for the current operators. I know they are trying, but it seems they are not used to running a "mountain...
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As many Brighton residents know, when the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration kicks off in mid summer, one of the several operational steam locomotives maintained by the Union Pacific Railroad may be seen running down the railroad track that cuts through the city. Train buffs, known as railfa...
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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on Cornell University's campus is holding an exhibit of a Lansing resident's "Remembering Steam Locomotives: Photographs by Frank Barry" through Aug.
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Bulgaria's private railway freight carrier Bulgaria Railway Company BRC presented Tuesday its brand new UK-made locomotives, which it purchased recently for about EUR 21 M. Each of the new machines cost EUR 800 000. The investment was realized with a credit from Unicredit Bulbank. BRC was...
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The company that runs the Gettysburg Scenic Railway has issued a cease-and-desist letter to a former employee who alleged the trains were unsafe.
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LAYING OUT PLANS: Raj Kamal Rao, Member , Railway Board, addressing a press conference in Tiruchi on Wednesday.
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Take a trip back 100 years ago to the days of old-time narrow gauge steam locomotives with a trip on the Georgetown Loop Railroad in August. The Aurora History Museum is offering the day excursion to Georgetown and a trip on the railroad from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 2. The Georgetown Loop Rail...
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - For 35 of the 39 years Allen Hartman Sr., worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn Central Railroad, and Conrail, he was an engineer, guiding the massive multi-ton locomotives westward ...
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For 35 of the 39 years Allen Hartman Sr., worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn Central Railroad, and Conrail, he was an engineer, guiding the massive multi-ton locomotives westward from Conway in ...
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A NOSTALGIC trip from London to East Anglia behind steam locomotive Oliver Cromwell has been postponed for a second time.
The “Britannia” class locomotive has been fully restored at the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire and has been pulling tourist trains on the ten-mile line for several...
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