Locals Get Pumped For Folsom Handcar Derby
The 21st annual Folsom Handcar Derby is set to take place May 19-20 on the tracks in front of Broadstone Marketplace on East Bidwell Street in Folsom.
Source: El Dorado Hills Telegraph, , CA, USA
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Grove Farm Takes Ride In Time On National Train Day
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i joined the major cities of New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago in the observation of Saturday as National Train Day.
Now in its fifth year, National Train Day celebrates train travel and the ways trains touch the lives of people with events being celebrated across America, states the National Train Day website.
Source: The Garden Island, Lihue, Hawaii, USA
Posted on May 15, 2012 by M Austin
Riding The Rails
But it was the inspiration of a black movie comedy — 1987’s “Throw Momma from the Train” with Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal — that prompted the Monticello Railway Museum to come up with “Throw Mama on The Train.”
Source: Herald-Review, , Illinois, U. S. A.
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
All Aboard At UP Railroad Museum
The Union Pacific Railroad Museum reopened Saturday after a month of work to transform its first floor into “Building America,” an exhibit dedicated to the history of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Source: Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Posted on May 14, 2012 by sloan Auchincloss
Transportation Museum Festival Gets New Name, Adds Activities
The N.C. Transportation Museum will once again celebrate the golden age of railroading in June, but this year’s event will debut a new name and more activities.
Source: Salisbury Post, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
The Bungalow That Is Built Around A 130-Year-Old Railway Carriage
Is this the strangest home in Britain?
Source: Daily Mail, UK
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Richard Buckby
The Train That Connected The West To Berlin
In Cold War days, this British Military train was a lifeline to Berlin
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England, U.K.
Posted on May 13, 2012 by Richard Buckby
Housatonic, Berkshire Scenic Exchange Blows Over Track Dispute
The Housatonic Railroad and Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum traded jabs this week, accusing the other of mischaracterizing the dispute.
Source: IBerkshires.Com, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Posted on May 12, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Reader's Choice Winner: Connecticut Trolley Museum
We asked you this week where do you take your “Staycation?” The clear winner was Connecticut Trolley Museum.
Source: Patch, , CT, USA
Posted on May 12, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Restored Porthmadog Steam Train Back On Track
A 100 year old narrow gauge loco restored to use in North Wales, UK
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England, U.K.
Posted on May 12, 2012 by Richard Buckby
No Deal In Railroad Dispute
Despite denials by state and federal agencies of any safety issues involving the Berk shire Scenic Railway Mu seum, the Housatonic Railroad Co. has lowered the gate and locked it tight for any tourist-train operations on its tracks between Lenox and Stockbridge at least this summer.
Source: Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Posted on May 11, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Posters Brought To Life The Idea Of A Cross-Border Trolley Line
n an effort to explain the longstanding and sometimes complicated ties between border city El Paso, Texas and its Mexican sister city Juarez to fellow classmates at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Peter Svarzbein decided to create a fictional advertising campaign for the revival of a trolley system that would connect the two municipalities.
Source: Borderzine, El Paso, TX, U. S. A.
Posted on May 11, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
McComb RR Museum To Buy 2 Cars From Hammond Children's Museum In La
The train display at the McComb Railroad Museum will add two cars now at a Louisiana children's museum to its railroad display in October.
Source: Republic.Com, Columbus, Indiana, USA
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
McKeen Motor Car To Be Rolled Out For National Train Day
Rolling out of its Nebraska factory to become Virginia & Truckee Railway's No. 22, the Nevada State Railroad Museum's McKeen motor car was destined to be one of a kind.
Source: Nevada Appeal, Carson City, Nevada, USA
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Tracking Winnipeg's History
A portion of the rails the city's streetcars ran on decades ago is being pulled up for street reconstruction at Broadway and Osborne Street and given to Winnipeg Streetcar 356, with hopes someday it can be put into a museum devoted to streetcars. The group is currently restoring a streetcar.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Show Helps Complete Railroad Collection
A few weeks ago I dragged Helen down to a Mid-Ohio Model Railroad Show at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.
Source: News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Posted on May 9, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Railroad Museum Slowly Heading To Frisco
The Museum of the American Railroad will continue its slow chug north from Fair Park in Dallas to Frisco.
Source: NBC, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, U. S. A.
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Shore Line Trolley Museum Hosts 'Walk For The Rails'
it’s campaign to raise funds to protect the museum’s priceless collection of trolleys which were severely damaged from Hurricane Irene.
Source: Easthaven Patch, , CT, USA
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Freight Train Late? Blame Chicago
When it comes to rail traffic, Chicago is America’s speed bump.
Source: New York Times, New York, New York, USA
Posted on May 7, 2012 by Elmer Fudd
Hopes To Solve Berkshire Scenic Railway Impasse Alive
LENOX -- Behind-the-scenes efforts are likely to continue through U.S. Rep .John. W. Olver's office to resolve the impasse between the Housa tonic Railroad Co. and the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum that has scuttled tourist train excursions between Lenox, Lee and Stockbridge for this summer.
Source: Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Posted on May 7, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
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