For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The Proctor Area Historical Society, located in the PACC, is once again expanding its hours during Hoghead. In addition to the regular Monday hours of 10-3, doors will be open Fri., August 14 from 10-4 and Sat., August 15 from 8-11 and after the parade from 1:30-4.
Continue here: The trains are a’comin’ (Proctor Journal)
Lagos — Training and retraining of the teaching workforce is a must if the country is to survive the current global economic challenges and make appreciable impact.
More here: Nigeria: Rivers State Trains School Heads (AllAfrica.com)
Lagos — Training and retraining of the teaching workforce is a must if the country is to survive the current global economic challenges and make appreciable impact.
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Nigeria: Rivers State Trains School Heads (AllAfrica.com)
With their crisp, grown-up livery of dark blue, the new Javelin trains unveiled yesterday – class 395 as they are properly known in railway circles – are undeniably good-looking.
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Sleek and super-fast: London's new Javelin trains are a design triumph (Guardian Unlimited)
Phil Langley has been interested in trains since he was a youngster in the 1930s. He would stand alongside the railway tracks that ran through his family's ranch in Ukiah, to watch trains go by.
For those folks interested in railroad memorabilia, model and toy trains, or just enjoying a unique collection on a nice day out, Historic Cold Spring Village presents their Annual Railroad Days Aug. 1-2 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Warning over rail passengers facing more fare rises because of recession.
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Rail passengers face recession fare increases (Daily Telegraph)
When Johnny Ripp ran away to join the circus, he brought his wife along.
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Johnny Ripp turns love of circuses and trains into dream job (La Crosse Tribune)
Hold on to your hydraulics - the Wairarapa Building Society Model Train Show is rolling into town. The biannual event returns to Masterton Town Hall next month, with raffles, stalls and dozens of dioramas.
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Model railway show rolling in to town (Wairarapa Times-Age)
After just a few years in existence, the Mentor-based Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum is ready for more room and some new attractions.
More here: Railroad museum moving on down the line (The News-Herald)