Archive for February, 2010

All Aboard: Saline hosts 40th annual Train Show and Sale (The Saline Reporter)

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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Trains, maps, railway artifacts — but no museum (Welland Tribune)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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Model display to delight children (The Border Mail)

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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54 new trains in Rail Budget | Moody Mamta | New trains | In pics | Your view (IBN live)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Mamata presented the second Railway Budget of the UPA-II.

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Railways will commemorate Tagore with museums and trains (Calcutta News)

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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Trains, maps, railway artifacts -but no museum (Niagara Falls Review)

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.

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Mamata plans public pvt partnership invites biz firms (Hindustan Times)

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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No privatisation of Indian Railways Mamata Banerjee (Hindustan Times)

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)

Bengal Express: 54 new trains, no hike in fares (IBN live)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Mamata presented the second Railway Budget of the UPA-II.

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Railway budget promises new model to develop network (Hindustan Times)

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.

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