Archive for February, 2012
Rocky Mountain Toy Train Show
The Rocky Mountain Division of the Train Collectors Association is proud to sponsor our 2nd annual spring Rocky Mountain Toy Train Show at the Denver Merchandise Mart Saturday and Sunday, March 3rd and 4th 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm both days. The show is truly a toy train [Read More]
Operation Staff Changes Announced at Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
Peninsula, OH. – Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) has announced staff changes in the Operations Department, effective immediately. Larry Blanchard, who has been a volunteer with CVSR for more than 16 years, and the Director of Operations for the past 4 years, is [Read More]
Niagara Falls Model Railway Show
Sunday March 4th, 2012 10 am – 3:30 pm Optimist Park Hall 4751 Dorchester Rd Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 4C8 Admission: Adult $5.00 Under 12 Free (with adult) Free Parking [Read More]
Winter Warmer Trains at Midland Railway – Butterley
During January and February the Midland Railway – Butterley has been running trains every Saturday and Sunday and every day over the half term holiday despite the poor weather. As a special offer every passenger can enjoy a free hot drink from Butterley Buffet to help [Read More]
MNR’s Winter Mixed Traffic Event
Saturday & Sunday, February 18th & 19th This winter we celebrate all the different types of trains to be seen on a fully working railway, with Express Inter-city passenger trains and freight trains hauled by our resident fleet of Diesel locos, as well as our [Read More]
Model Railroad Club of Toronto Open House: An Ideal Family Outing
The Romance of the Rails – large steam engines pulling streamlined passenger trains – sleek diesel locomotives in front of hot-shot freight trains – switchers busily sorting freight cars in the yards – mainline tracks snaking through rocky forested hills and [Read More]
Come rain, sleet or snow the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is prepared for any kind of weather
Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th February 2012 When all the modern railways are unable to cope with the wrong or even the right kind of snow, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway are fully prepared and ready for families this February half term with help from an historic snow [Read More]
Corris Railway No.3 To Return To Old Haunts in 2012
One of the Corris Railway’s original locomotives is set to visit the revived section of the railway for which it was built. This is No.3, the sole survivor of the three 0-4-2ST’s built at the Falcon Works, Loughborough by Hughes’s Locomotive & Tramway [Read More]
East Lancashire Railway launches new Rail Ale Trail season!
After a successful first season in 2011, East Lancashire Railway’s Rail Ale Trail is returning again this year with a packed calendar of classic and new tours. Starts on the 18th February, this year’s programme promises to be even bigger and better. Visitors can expect [Read More]
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad engages search firm to find new President & CEO
Peninsula, OH – The Board of Trustees of Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) has begun the search for the railroad’s next President & Chief Executive Officer, retaining Cleveland-based Waverly Partners, LLC as its executive search firm. CVSR Board Chairman [Read More]
