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107 Year Old PGE Steam Locomotive Restored thanks to the ‘Squamish Gang’
PGE #2, a 2-6-2 steam locomotive, was built by Baldwin in 1910 for the Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley & Northern Railway (which then became the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in 1912). After helping build the railway and get it started, she was sold to the Comox Logging [Read More]
Nevada Northern Railway: Events & Special Excursions Galore Throughout 2016
ELY, Nev. – The Nevada Northern Railway museum is back to full steam ahead for the 2016 season, with a jam-packed schedule of events planned for the spring, summer and fall. The museum, unique in its living, working rolling stock that visitors not only get to see, but [Read More]
North Yorkshire Moors Railway celebrates the best of Scotland with Branch Line Gala
North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) boasts the best of Scottish railway history during its Scottish Branch Line Gala weekends. From 6th – 8th May and 13th-15th May the popular heritage railway will play host to a number of steam and diesel locomotives, promising a great [Read More]
Fantastic Yorkshire Wolds Railway Short Story Competition
The railway is situated in attractive countryside in the heart of the Yorkshire Wolds and lends itself to opportunities for creative artists and writers alike. We are therefore delighted to announce the launch of our own Short Story Competition to encourage people to write [Read More]
TrainTalk.TV and Doc Christmas Attend Spring ATRRM Conference
A couple of weekends ago I finally got to meet some of the wonderful people who run some of the great railroads whose events we’ve been carrying on TrainTalk.TV for the past 6 years. The Spring Conference of the Association of Tourist Railroads and Railroad museums [Read More]
Remembering the Telegraph: The First Digital Communication Method
The month of April represents the 225th birthday of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph system used in America. Morse, who was a commercial artist by trade, successfully developed the first single wire telegraph system which revolutionized communications [Read More]
North Yorkshire Moors Railway celebrates opening of Peter’s Railway Young Engineer’s Centre
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway celebrated the official opening of Peter’s Railway Young Engineers Centre on Thursday 14th April after staff and volunteers from across the railway worked over 1500 hours to construct the interactive exhibition, on platform 2, Pickering [Read More]
iTinkr Studio Shows Off First Film Set for Doc Christmas Film
Doc Christmas took another step forward this week with the construction of a full size replica of the interior of a model train station for the film. The ‘miniature’ set will be unveiled at Canada’s largest train show – Supertrain on April 16 [Read More]
Railroad Museum to Celebrate Two Millionth Rider on the Sacramento Southern Railroad on 4/2!
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California State Parks and the California State Railroad Museum & Foundation will proudly celebrate the two millionth excursion train ride guest on Saturday, April 2, 2016. The event coincides with the start of the 33rd consecutive train ride [Read More]
N.C. Transportation Museum Welcomes Charlotte’s Trolley #85
Historic Charlotte Trolley #85 Leased To the N.C. Transportation Museum The N.C. Transportation Museum is now home to a new artifact from the city of Charlotte, with the arrival of Trolley #85. The trolley is being leased to the museum by the Charlotte Historic Landmarks [Read More]
