Archive for November, 2008

Lionel Trains in Transit Museum Holiday Train Show (Gothamist)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

As we mentioned yesterday , the MTA's Transit Museum Annex opened its annual Holiday Train Show-- and this year there are the first-ever MTA-licensed NYC Subway Lionel Train Cars along with the recently released Metro-North Commuter Lionel Trains. A press release from Lionel Trains explains how the model subway train cars are extremely detailed: "The R-27 Subway Car was first put into ...

Read more:
Lionel Trains in Transit Museum Holiday Train Show (Gothamist)

Lionel Trains in Transit Museum Holiday Train Show (Gothamist)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

As we mentioned yesterday , the MTA's Transit Museum Annex opened its annual Holiday Train Show-- and this year there are the first-ever MTA-licensed NYC Subway Lionel Train Cars along with the recently released Metro-North Commuter Lionel Trains. A press release from Lionel Trains explains how the model subway train cars are extremely detailed: "The R-27 Subway Car was first put into ...

More here: Lionel Trains in Transit Museum Holiday Train Show (Gothamist)

Model Railroad Club Open House Nov. 29 (Yankton Press & Dakotan)

Monday, November 24th, 2008

The public is invited to visit the Missouri Valley Model Railroad Club’s Open House to be held on Saturday, Nov. 29. This event will be held at the club’s facilities located in the basement of the old J C Penney building located at Third and Cedar streets on the southeast corner. The open house will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4:00 p.m.

Original post:
Model Railroad Club Open House Nov. 29 (Yankton Press & Dakotan)

New Lionel trains modeled after New York City subway cars on view at Grand Central (The Journal News)

Monday, November 24th, 2008

NEW YORK - Lionel unveiled its newest model trains today fashioned after the city's subway cars.

Read more:
New Lionel trains modeled after New York City subway cars on view at Grand Central (The Journal News)

All aboard the Holiday Express (The Rhinelander Daily News)

Monday, November 24th, 2008

All Aboard! All Aboard! Come with us back to the age of steam locomotives and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Come with us to Hanson’s Garden Village for stories of romance, wild animals and the danger of a looming volcano. The model trains are back.

Source:
All aboard the Holiday Express (The Rhinelander Daily News)

Oil refinery trains engineers (Việt Nam News)

Monday, November 24th, 2008

HCM CITY — Sixty-eight engineers are being trained to work at the Dung Quat oil refinery when it is put into operation in the next few months. The engineers, who were selected from a pool of more than 1,046 for the course, are all proficient in English.

Continue here: Oil refinery trains engineers (Việt Nam News)

A natural wonder (The Journal News)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

The Holiday Train Show opens today at the New York Botanical Garden’s Victorian-style Conservatory. Experience large model trains and trolleys making their way past more than 140 replicas of New York landmarks, created from plant materials such as bark, moss, twigs, berries and pine cones. Don’t miss “Gingerbread Adventures” in the Everett Children’s Garden also opening today, where children can ...


More here: A natural wonder (The Journal News)

Model railway built on ingenuity, elbow grease (Arizona Daily Star)

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

KINGMAN — In the years following his retirement, local resident Dave Bacon kept his mind and body limber by restoring vintage cars. The gleaming 1928 Studebaker sitting in his garage and the plethora of awards adorning his walls are a testament to the effort the 70-year old ex-mechanic put into his hobby.

See original here:
Model railway built on ingenuity, elbow grease (Arizona Daily Star)

Local railroad history is alive in the 1870 depot, complete with model trains (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Entering the historic Greenup Depot, the scene is warm and quiet. But by listening closely, the sounds of trains long ago can still be heard.

Read more:
Local railroad history is alive in the 1870 depot, complete with model trains (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

Festival of Trees and Trains kicks off at Paramount (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

ASHLAND -- There were plenty of reasons to attend the opening day of Paramount Arts Center's annual Festival of Trees and Trains on Saturday.

More:
Festival of Trees and Trains kicks off at Paramount (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)