The Amazing Chris Guenzler will talk about his whole NRHS Tacoma 2011 Convention plus other trips he has made. This trip started by fly in Portland and a rental car. Sumpter Valley RR, Washington State RR Museum collection, Yakima Trolley and the Northern Pacific RR Museum were visited. SP 4449 Portland to Tacoma started the converntion then a trip to Northwest Railway Museum and train ride. Bob, Elizabeth and Chris then went to the Cascade Tunnel then up into Canada to the Burnaby Central RR then back to the convention for the SP 4449 trip over Stampede Pass and then the SP 4449 return to Portland then a visit to the Oregon Electric Railway Museum. Join us for a very educational show.

This week, Kansas City Nathan will be hosting this week's show. Joining Nathan will be members of the movie "Railfans Chasing Trains," as we discuss the film, plus other behind-the-scenes details.

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Nick Ozorak from "At The Railyard" will be hosting this week's episode. Nick will be providing v-scale news and answering your questions about Virtual Railroading!  To join the conversation during the live show, call us at(646)-716-7106.

After a rocky start the Amazing Chris Guenzler talks about his recent train trips 4/7/2010 to 6/6/2011. He starts off with the Santa Fe 3751 to and from San Bernardino Railroad Days, the Adirondack Rare Mileage Trips, the Little Rock Express Kansas City to Jefferson City and Northern California 2011 Explorer trips.He did other trips he will also include in this show. Chris really covered alot of ground on these trips and enjoyed them all. Join us for this unique show.

Bob and Elizabeth will be hosting Saturday's show. We will be talking about this summer's events and encourage listeners to call in with their summer railfan plans.  Also, Skip Waters calls in live from the Little Rock Express and speaks with UP's PR man Mark Davis, Mike Jaixen from UP Communications, plus UP Brakeman Kevin Coker and Little Rock Express contest winners Jim O'Connor and his son Mike.

Your host this week is Skip Waters of Dallas, TX. Organizer of the 6th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2011 railwatching event.  Joining us will be local guests attending "24 Hours @ Saginaw" today sharing the fun activities going on at the depot.  For the past 5 years the North Texas Chapter, NRHS has had the privilege of hosting a 24 hour railwatching event at the Saginaw Depot in Saginaw, Texas over Memorial Day weekend starting on Friday evening and ending Saturday evening for a full 24 hours.  We have 100 or more Railfans attend this event each year to watch trains day and night.  Join us and our regular callers at 10:00 AM Pacific, 12:00 Noon Central Time. The call in telephone number is 646-716-7106

Today Hosts Phoamer Gene and Kansas City Nathan, along with Co-Hosts Kansas City Nathan and Phoamer Gene, will be presenting "Who's on Track One?"

 

Join us at Noon Central time or at 10AM Pacific time as they try to find the famous Track 29 in Chat-tanooga.  Oh yes, join us as well in the Chat at letstalktrains.com/chat.

This weeks show will be an open forum. After our regional roundup, the Chat Room people, TrainFestival 2011 was talked about, AC Adam plays Z train similators, then the NRHS 2011 Tacoma Convention was talked about. Phoneix Gene called about Joe Boardman of Amtrak wanting to be on the show to talk about the 40th Anniversary Train. The Unofficial Hobo called in. Bob & Elizabeth called followed by Keith Schimdt the excellent videographer. Chris explains how he plans the trips he does for Silver Rails Railfan Event and onto Rock Island. We learned Elizabeth is not an early riser. Enjoy this excellent show.

Bob and Elizabeth will be hosting from the National Train Day Event in Portland, OR.  We will be originating the show from Portland Union Station.  We will start the show with a short tribute to Richard Steinheimer who passsed away on Wednesday.  After that, we will be taking calls from NTD events around the country. We would like to receive calls from as many events as possible. During the second hour of the show, in addition to taking calls from NTD events, we will also take callers who wish to pay tribute to Richard Steinheimer.  In addition, we will be interviewing several of the exhibitors at Portland.  To join in, please call 646-716-7106, on the web at www.letstalktrains.com or in the chat room at www.letstalktrains/chat

The Amazing Chris Guenzler will explain were Amtrak came from---the last day of Public Trains on April 30, 1971, and Amtrak's birth on May 1, 1971. We will also talk about Amtrak's history, from the early days to the present. What caused Amtrak to be formed and the steps that led up to its formation by the Nixon Adminstration. Amtrak has come a long way since May 1st, 1971 and lets hope it with us in the future.

Join us for this interesting show!