Archive for March, 2010
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Actor and avid train fan Taye Diggs, star of Private Practice, will join Amtrak to kick-off the third annual National Train Day. Â Diggs will start the weekend's festivities with a ceremony at New York's Penn Station on Friday, May 7, where he will flip the switch that launches an edible "trainscape" made from elaborate confections and moving model trains. Â Afterward, Diggs will board Amtrak ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
The locomotives and train accessories in a recent show were scale model , but enthusiasm for the hobby came mostly in one size: big At the St. Matthias Catholic Church hall in Crown Point, area hobbyists displayed working model trains and sold all the key components and tools of the trade. In its second year, the recent St. Matthias Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet, sponsored by the church's Men ...
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Making tracks for fun
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
The locomotives and train accessories in a recent show were scale model, but enthusiasm for the hobby came mostly in one size: big At the St. Matthias Catholic Church hall in Crown Point, area hobbyists displayed working model trains and sold all the key components and tools of the trade. In its second year, the recent St. Matthias Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet, sponsored by the church's Men ...
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Making tracks for fun (Post-Tribune)
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
(Reuters) - Toy maker Hornby expects to perform strongly in fiscal 2011 and sees adjusted pretax profit for the year to March 31, 2010, in line with market forecasts.
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Hornby sees strong performance in FY11 (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
The Illiana Garden Railroad Society opens its 2010 G-scale modelrailroad season on April 3 at the Samuelson Greenhouse property,295 N. Ind. 2 in Valparaiso. Model trains will run all day from 10a.m. to 4 p.m., according to a news release from the organization.Admission is free. The trains run on 600 feet of track that windsacross bridges and trestles, past a waterfall and around a pond ina ...
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Hop aboard the model train
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
The Illiana Garden Railroad Society opens its 2010 G-scale modelrailroad season on April 3 at the Samuelson Greenhouse property,295 N. Ind. 2 in Valparaiso. Model trains will run all day from 10a.m. to 4 p.m., according to a news release from the organization.Admission is free. The trains run on 600 feet of track that windsacross bridges and trestles, past a waterfall and around a pond ina ...
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Hop aboard the model train (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Trains clickety-clakked around miniature tracks, with the dull roar occasionally punctuated by a whistle. The scent of smoke lingered in the air as model trains belched wisps of fuel.
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Model train show draws enthusiasts
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Trains clickety-clakked around miniature tracks, with the dull roar occasionally punctuated by a whistle. The scent of smoke lingered in the air as model trains belched wisps of fuel.
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
The climate is right for trains. More than just a clever slogan by transportation mogul Bombardier, it harkens back to a golden age of interurban train travel.
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Don't overlook rail option, says commentator (The Chilliwack Progress)
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
There are various trains of thought regarding Apple suing HTC, and one of them is that Apple feels threatened by Android's rise in popularity. Some laughed this away, but when you look at recent statistics regarding mobile web usage, it becomes pretty clear Apple has every reason to feel threatened by Google's mobile operating system.
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Android Rises in Mobile Web Usage, iPhone Stagnates, Declines (OSNews)
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