For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The Cotton Belt Depot Museum held their annual model railroading show at the harvey convention center in Tyler Sunday, raising money to keep their doors open to the public. YouTube Video: No YouTube read more
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Weekend model trains in Tyler
Privately-funded service set to offer luxurious high-speed travel between Milan and Naples.
More here: 'Ferrari of trains' puts Italy on fast track
Children and adults alike watched with wide-eyed fascination as model trains circled the three tracks on the 16-by-24 foot table set up in the Sellersburg Moose Lodge on Saturday.
South Korea trains defectors to rebuild North in the event of regime's collapse.
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Seoul trains N Korea 'intellectual troops'
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.
Continue here: Eurostar Buys New Trains to Add Routes, Fend Off Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG signed a cooperation agreement with the owner of the high-speed train track connecting London with the Channel Tunnel, paving the way for direct rail services between the U.K. and Germany.
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Deutsche Bahn Seeks to Run Trains to London by 2013
My constant harangue against traffic and in favor of trains aside, I do own a car: a used ’97 Honda Accord with 130,000 miles on it. It’s a great car (the interior infused with cigar smoke notwithstanding), and I hope to run it into the ground.
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Talking Transportation: Keeping the Old Car Running
Malaysia plans to develop a nuclear energy industry, build a mass rail network and create a shopping district to rival Singapore’s Orchard Road as part of efforts to boost investment and spur growth.
Continue here: Malaysia Plans Nuclear Power, Mass Rail Investments
Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.
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Attractions: Week of Aug. 26
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