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The Editor's Desk |
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Voting
Has Ended for the
2007 Web
Excellence Award
Congratulations
to the winning web sites:
Railroads, Clubs & Associations
Orange
County Model Engineers
runner up:
Maricopa Live
Steamers
Vendors, Suppliers, Manufacturers
Roll
Models Inc.
runner up:
Rail Systems Company
Individuals
Arizona and Pacific Railroad
runner up:
White Creek Railroad
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New Map Feature
Find rideable railroads in all areas with a Google® map.
Go to our
Railroads page and click on one of the highlighted
links in the "location" column or click on a "State" to find the tracks in that
state.
How is it
done? Just thank Dale King for his time and dedication to pull dozens of
links together and make it work. He then teamed up with our own Rick Henderson
to integrate his map into Rick's railroads data base.
HAS YOUR RAILROAD BEEN MAPPED YET? |
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Amtrak,
the US rail passenger service, has designated May 10th as
National Train Day.
May 10,
1869 marks the anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in
Utah. This May 10th. will be the first
National Train Day and
will be celebrated across the country with events and promotions in several
major US passenger hub cities. In addition, National Train Day will be
celebrated everywhere through national promotions and comprehensive marketing
activities. This Event will highlight Passenger Railroading in the United
States. It seems to me that a tie-in to rideable railroading at the
beginning of our running season is a natural.
Just
think of the local promotions you can have at your track with your own Train
Day! |
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Law Suit Survey Results Posted Soon
In the
US, law suits have reached epidemic proportions and are effecting rideable
scale railroading. In an effort to find out how bad things are for us,
John Beck has headed up this law suit survey.
Results
of this survey are expected soon. |
 Say No To Drugs
Get Hooked on Steam!
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Railroading Articles |
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E-Magazine
of Steam & Diesel
Railroading |
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Issue #108
This
article is presented in honor of National Train Day May 10th.
May
10, 1869
This is the day that is the most
notable in U. S. Railroad history, as it marked a new era in American history.
In celebration of the event, that would come to be know as the first nationwide
media event to take place, a telegraph and temporary town were even erected to
handle the expected rush of between 500 and 3000 railroad workers, dignitaries,
government representatives and reporters from over 30 newspapers.
As
railroad enthusiasts, do you know what and where this event was? Was it actually
where you though it was?
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Up Coming Articles
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Wikipedia Photo
Brian Long
is working on an article about the famous GG1 |
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Did your railroad
have a
"Golden Spike Ceremony"
marking the completion of the railroad or a major section of it?
If so, please send a
photo this week with a few details to be included in an upcoming article.
Send photos to
Rick Henderson. |
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Recent Articles
Send in an article.
It's not hard to write about something you know. This is not my web site,
It's your web site! Contribute to your site. Give something back to the hobby.
Send in an article today. Send it in
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Upcoming Events |
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May 10
National Train Day
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May 17-18
Sacramento
Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum
Spring Meet
Rancho Cordova, CA |
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May 17-18
Reading Society of
Model Engineers
Open house
Reading Pennsylvania |
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May 17-18
Tri-State Locomotive Club
Tri-State Meet
Hesston Indiana |
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May 22-26
Houston
Area Live Steamers
SWLS Memorial Weekend Meet with camping
Hockley, Harris County, Texas |
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May 23-25
Pennsylvania Live Steamers
Spring Meet
Rahns Pennsylvania
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May 23-25
St. Croix Railroad
Spring Meet
Hudson, WI |
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May 24
Altona Miniature
Railway
Annual Interclub Run
Altona North,
Victoria, Australia |
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May 24-26
Manatee Central
Memorial Day Meet
Parrish, FL |
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May 24-25
Pequannock Valley & Western RR Co.
Grand Unveiling
Weekend Invitational
Pequannock, NJ |
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May 26
Illinois Live Steamers
Memorial Day Run
S.W. Suburban Chicago,
IL |
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May 30-June 1
Train Mountain
June Meet
Chiloquin, Oregon |
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Jun 6-8
The Ozark Live Steamers
Annual spring meet
Fordland, MO |
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Jun 7-8
Iowa Model Steam Engineers
Spring Meet
Mt Pleasant, Iowa |
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Jun 11-14
Mill Creek Central
Railroad
Summer Ramble
Coshocton, OH |
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Jun 13-15
Pioneer Valley Live Steamers
Spring Meet/Father's
Day Weekend
Southwick,MA |
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Jun 13-15
Lake Shore Live Steamers
Open Meet - 25 years
at the current location
Kirtland, Ohio |
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Jun 20-21
Indiana Live Steamers
Antique Tractor Days
Run
Edinburg, Indiana |
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Jun 21-22
Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society
2008 Miami Valley Rail
Festival
Dayton, OH |
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Jun 28-29
D&M
Railroad
Summer Train Fun 2008
Markesan WI |
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More Calendar
 More Live Steam RR events, check
our
2008 Calendar |
Use our
easy form
and have your run dates posted. |
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event |
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