Archive for February, 2010
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
More than 100 vendors and approximately 2,000 spectators took their cabooses to Saline Middle School for the Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club's 40th annual Train Show and Sale Feb. 21.
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All Aboard: Saline hosts 40th annual Train Show and Sale (The Saline Reporter)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
RETIRED engineer Barry Barker is mad about model trains and will share his enthusiasm at next month’s Wodonga Show. The 69-year-old has spent more than 20 years designing and building his
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Model display to delight children (The Border Mail)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
With the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore being observed this year, Indian Railways proposes to set up two museums in West Bengal to commemorate him, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced in parliament Wednesday.
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The Niagara Railway Museum has an ever-expanding collection of railway artifacts. To see its steam locomotive, however, you have to travel to Orillia. Viewing another locomotive involves a trip to Capreol, near Sudbury.
More here: Trains, maps, railway artifacts -but no museum (Niagara Falls Review)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented presented India's rail budget for the next fiscal with the promise of a new business model to encourage private investment along with social commitment but without privatisation. Rail budget Highlights | List of new trains | Full text of Mamata's speech
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Mamata plans public pvt partnership invites biz firms (Hindustan Times)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented presented India's rail budget for the next fiscal with the promise of a new business model to encourage private investment along with social commitment but without privatisation.
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No privatisation of Indian Railways Mamata Banerjee (Hindustan Times)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Mamata presented the second Railway Budget of the UPA-II.
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Bengal Express: 54 new trains, no hike in fares (IBN live)
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today presented India's rail budget for the next fiscal with the promise of a new business model that will encourage private investment with social commitment.
Continue here: Railway budget promises new model to develop network (Hindustan Times)
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