For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Tiruchirapalli, Jul 1 : Electrification of Villupuram-Tiruchirapalli chord line section has been completed and the trial run of a light engine was conducted, according to Divisional Railway Manager S Subramhanyan.
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If we know our readers, and we suspect that we do, many of you have tried your hand at building a model train at some point. In fact, we think you probably have some pretty impressive trains up and running right now. And we want to see them. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your model train photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. Tell us as much as you can about your ...
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Show Us Your Model Trains (Wired News)
Computer engineers weren't the first people to create miniature alternate realities; model-railroad engineers did a pretty fine job.
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Giant Model Railroad Is an Analog SimCity (Wired News)
Metro is making progress inspecting trackside circuits suspected in last week's deadly train collision. Last week, workers began checking all 3,000 circuits in the signaling system. With 65 percent of the circuits checked so far, they say they've found no anomalies or malfunctions.
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So Far, Metro Circuits Pass Inspection (FOX 5 Washington D.C.)
KARNATAKA: Iron ore exports from Karnataka decline 503A//www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/07/01/65hdline.htm" title="STATES (The Hindu)">STATES (The Hindu)
DIVERSIFIED group YTL Corp Bhd ( 4677 ) said it still believes the high-speed bullet train linking Kuala Lumpur to neighbouring Singapore is an economically viable project and hopes the government will reconsider its implementation.
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SME Education Foundation's Manufacturing is Cool! website provides information on various engineering disciplines and challenges students to be involved in basic requirements. Organization worked with The Secret Room, Inc., in creation of content, graphic design, and video, which include YouTube videos of plant tours, information on educational opportunities, and bios on inventors and famous ...
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The Hanoi Savico Joint-stock Company expects its plaza project covering 60,000 sq.m. would be put into operation by late 2011, becoming the largest of its kind so far in Vietnam.
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/6 (Vietnam Net)
The recession is driving down rail earnings, and stock prices have followed.
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Railroads Have Room to Run (Morningstar.com via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- Transit officials in Washington, D.C., advised Metro riders to plan for delays Monday as the system got back to normal after last week's deadly train crash.
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D.C.'s Metro gets back to normal, slowly (UPI)