For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Peter Snow, who has a model railway in his loft, explained why the British love railways and why he preferred trains to his famous swingometer.
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VIDEO: Why do the British love their trains?
John W. Huffman created synthetic marijuana for tests on lab animals. His formulas ended up in the hands of head shops, which have created substances that can lead to seizures, hallucinations and convulsions. John W. Huffman is a bearded, elfin man, a professor of organic chemistry who runs model trains in his basement and tinkers with antique cars. At 79, he walks a bit unsteadily after a ...
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Scientist's research produces a dangerous high
At least 38 people were killed and more than 200 injured by the recent crash of two high-speed trains near Zhenzhou in Zhejiang, a province in China. The wrecked body of the ruined train was buried immediately afterward, with no investigation.
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Can China Make Bullet Trains Safe Without Stealing?
South Korea trains defectors to rebuild North in the event of regime's collapse.
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Seoul trains N Korea 'intellectual troops'
Miniature of Knuffingen Airport Image Credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images A miniature of the world’s largest model airport, the Knuffingen Airport went on show on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, several news sites reported. The model airport was said to be completed after six years of construction time. It costs around
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Miniature Model Of Knuffingen Airport At Miniatur Wunderland In Germany Goes On Display (Photo and Video)
Hornby blamed heavy snowfall in December for derailing sales of model trains and slot car sets over the Christmas period.The hobby specialist, which also owns Airfix and Corgi, on Tuesday warned that pre-tax ...
Eurostar Group Ltd., the operator of high-speed trains through the Channel Tunnel, will spend 700 million pounds ($1.1 billion) to buy 10 new expresses and add routes in a bid to fend off competition from Deutsche Bahn AG.
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French unions rallied again in protest of President Sarkozy's proposal to increase the minimum retirement age to 62.
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Why French unions don't want to wait until 62 to retire
The Iain Coucher era is coming to an end. For three years the Lamborghini and Aston Martin-driving former missile designer has ruled Network Rail in his abrasive, can-do style. In that time, he has established Network Rail, the publicly funded body that took over the operation and maintenance of the railways in 2002, as a model of cost-cutting and passenger safety.
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Wanted: One thick-skinned chief exec for Network Rail
It looks like Virgin Trains picked the wrong man to annoy when a string of its staff rather let down Simon Middleton at Crewe station recently. Mr Middleton is in the process of promoting his book, Build a Brand in 30 Days, and thus has access to the services of a public relations agency. It promptly put together a press release cataloguing Virgin's shabby treatment of Mr Middleton, and sent it ...
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Business Diary: Red signal for Virgin Trains