Slower run dictated for China’s high-speed trains

Friday, April 15th, 2011

The Chinese government has decreed China's high-speed trains should run slower to help reduce costs for passengers.

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Model railroads at National Heritage Museum Feb. 19-20

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Kick off school vacation week with a visit to at model railroad display at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington.

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ITrainCollect.com: The Online Community and Blog for Model Train Enthusiasts

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

ITrainCollect.com, an online community and blog about model train collecting, has published new blog posts about model train stores, model train layouts, and collecting toy trains.

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Online Model Train Business Wins $10,000 in the ‘Infusionsoft Pitch the Switch’ YouTube Video Contest

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Scott Griggs, owner of Georgia-based Trainz, a 22-person firm that buys and sells model trains online, just won $10,000 and a free one-year subscription to Infusionsoft’s marketing automation software suite in the ‘Pitch the Switch’ YouTube Video contest.

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Bombardier Awarded Contract for 50 V300ZEFIRO Very High Speed Trains in Italy

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwire - 09/30/10) - Bombardier Transportation announced today it has signed a contract with Trenitalia (Italian Railways) for the delivery of 50 very high speed trainsets V300ZEFIRO, a model of the BOMBARDIER ZEFIRO high speed trains family. The V300ZEFIRO (known as ETR 1000 in Italy) is developed in partnership with AnsaldoBreda, a subsidiary of the Finmeccanica group of ...

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Trains collide in Madhya Pradesh

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Trains collide in Madhya Pradesh An unspecified number of people were killed or wounded early Monday when a goods train collided with a stationary passenger train in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.

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Heavy rains hit Delhi hard; road, rail traffic hit

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Heavy rains lashed the capital Sunday, throwing life out of gear in many parts due to waterlogging and causing traffic jams, even as a crematorium adjacent to the swollen Yamuna river was forced to shut as it was flooded.

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Alex Reid happy to have space

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Alex Reid has admitted he is glad to be apart from wife Katie Price while he trains for his upcoming cage fight against Tom ‘Kong’ Watson.

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Home includes 1,000ft model railway

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

A semi-detatched home has gone on the market for £105,000 - complete with its very own 1,000ft model railway in the back garden.

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Home includes 1,000ft model railway

ACCION and Elevar Equity Invest in GloboKasNet

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

ACCION International, through its Frontier Investment Group, and Elevar Equity, a global equity investor, today announced that they have made a $2m investment in GloboKasNet , a cashless payment solution designed to expand financial inclusion for the poor in developing nations.

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