Archive for July, 2009

Simon Hoggart’s week: Funny trains and manic machines (u.tv)

Friday, July 31st, 2009

?Now it's my dad who's in hospital, with a broken hip. He is in very good hands, the nurses are unfailingly kind and perky, and the NHS hospital is so clean you could eat the food, which isn't bad at all, off the floor.

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Future murky for QR cattle trains (Queensland Country Life)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

LIVESTOCK rail services in parts of Queensland appear to have no definitive future with neither Queensland Rail (QR) nor Transport Minister Rachel Nolan confirming when or if some services will resume.

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Future murky for QR cattle trains (Queensland Country Life)

Scotrail fined £1m for state of stations and trains (The Herald)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Train operator ScotRail faces almost £1m in fines for its failures in passenger service.

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Scotrail fined £1m for state of stations and trains (The Herald)

Edgar Thomson Led The Railroad Revolution (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Railroads don't top the current list of innovative, efficient industries.

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Edgar Thomson Led The Railroad Revolution (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

Leadership Development Speaker, Will Marré, Trains Business Leaders for the Future (PRWeb)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Will Marré, leadership development speaker and expert, announces a new leadership framework based on creating a sustaining business culture that energizes employees, creates a unique profit edge and makes a positive impact on humanity and the environment. (PRWeb Jul 30, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/leadershipexpert/leadershipdevelopment/prweb2696504.htm

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Good demand at Hornby (ShareCast)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Model trains and racing cars group Hornby said its businesses in the UK, mainland Europe and the USA have continued to experience good demand.

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Leadership Development Speaker, Will Marré, Trains Business Leaders for the Future (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Will Marré, leadership development speaker and expert, announces a new leadership framework based on creating a sustaining business culture that energizes employees, creates a unique profit edge and makes a positive impact on humanity and the environment.

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Leadership Development Speaker, Will Marré, Trains Business Leaders for the Future (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Super outfits show fairness is not swimming’s strong suit (USA Today)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

An eye-popping 22 world records have already been set at the 2009 world swimming championships in Rome, but the performance of the meet so far belongs to the world's best-known coach, Bob Bowman, the man who trains Michael Phelps.

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Super outfits show fairness is not swimming's strong suit (USA Today)

All Aboard: Tom Snyder’s Train Set on Display (NBC Los Angeles)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Tom Snyder's famed model train set is now on display at the Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Bay Area.

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All Aboard: Tom Snyder’s Train Set on Display (NBC Los Angeles)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Tom Snyder's famed model train set is now on display at the Golden State Model Railroad Museum in Bay Area.

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All Aboard: Tom Snyder's Train Set on Display (NBC Los Angeles)