For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
New Channel Tunnel services planned by Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn appear likely after the European Railway Agency approved tunnel safety rule amendments. Both Eurostar and DB have chosen trains by Siemens with power sources underneath each carriage. Previous rules allowed power sources only at either end of the train, as with the model used by Alstom, a French train manufacturer and rival to ...
Kick off school vacation week with a visit to at model railroad display at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington.
More here: Model railroads at National Heritage Museum Feb. 19-20
Brooklyn Decker may be one of the more famous models in the world but she makes a point of not acting like one.
Continue here: Brooklyn Decker's model-to-actress challenge
Upstate Train Associates built a display of model trains at the Schenectady Museum that will be shown on weekends until Jan. 15.
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In photos: Train show at Schenectady Museum
Train enthusiasts got to see plenty of model trains in action this weekend in Bowling Green.
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Trains On Display at Historic Rail-park and Train Museum
WINCHESTER -- Miniature locomotive enthusiasts were rolling into the Winchester Model Railroad Club's show, sale, and open house Saturday morning, but no one had one specific model of desire in mind.
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Locomotive enthusiasts talk track
Quigley inside one of two pop-up Lexan bubbles viewing the Faragher Model train from inside the exhibit. ©2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
As the Obama Administration pushes for high-speed rail networks across the country, Germany's Siemens has secured a place for its Valero ICE trains in the Sunshine State. Earlier this month, Siemens presented its vision of U.S. high-speed rail to the people of Florida with the "Future of Florida High-Speed Rail Tour," a traveling exhibit featuring a full-sized model of the Velaro high-speed train.
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Florida Will Build Nation’s First High-Speed Rail Corridor
The Agence metropolitaine de transport's new doubledecker train cars have great seating areas for the disabled -but those seats are out of reach, up some stairs or on a section of train that has an entrance a metre above the station platform.
More here: Disabled can't board new AMT trains
A hotel in Japan has created a new £695 a night suite ideal for trainspotters complete with a 20ft long rail track.
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Trainspotters to pay £695 to spend a night in hotel room with 20ft model railway